Newsom signs bill to require ethnic studies for California high school students

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San Francisco Chronicle / 10-08-21

SACRAMENTO — High school students in California will be required to learn about the contributions and oppression of people of color in America, under a measure Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Friday.

AB101 by Assembly Member Jose Medina, D-Riverside, adds a one-semester ethnic studies course to the state’s high school graduation requirements for public schools, starting with the 2029-30 academic year. Schools must also begin offering ethnic studies courses as an elective by the 2025-26 year.

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The effort to require ethnic studies in public schools has been a lengthy, controversial fight at the Capitol. Last year, Newsom vetoed a similar bill Medina carried after critics said a draft curriculum for the course was biased, though he signed another law requiring an ethnic studies course for students within the California State University system.

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It focuses on four historically marginalized groups: African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos and Native Americans. The guidelines also include supplemental lessons on Jews, Armenians and Sikhs.

Link (paywall): https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Newsom-signs-bill-to-require-ethnic-studies-for-16520181.php

This is fantastic! Love it! Wish it could begin immediately. And wish it were longer than one semester. Maybe some day.

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1. Fox News will love frightening their viewers with THIS one.

But its the right thing to do.
Maybe the racists will become so fed up, they will all leave California.
Maybe that's the plan.
The only trouble is, many of them will come to Tennessee.
And we have more than enough of our own, thank you.