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California State University to Require Students to Take Ethnic Studies or Social Justice Classes in Order to Graduate

Marking the first major change to its curriculum in over four decades, California State University will now require students to take classes on ethnic studies or social justice in order to graduate. ABC News reports, the school’s Board of Trustees approved the measure on Wednesday. With 23 campuses, Cal State is one of the largest…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

July 24, 2020
California May Make Ethnic-Studies Course a High School Graduation Requirement

Many moons ago, when I was a student at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, the Black Student Union organized a protest and sit-in in the principal’s office because they weren’t going to allow us to put on a talent show for the whole school, and they took away a black-history class that was taught…

By

Monique Judge

Published

February 23, 2018