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Although now required by California law, ethnic studies courses likely to be met with resistance

  • Written by Nolan L. Cabrera, Associate Professor of Education, University of Arizona
imageSally Chen, an organizer with the Harvard Ethnic Studies Coalition, speaks through a megaphone during a rally with other students in 2019.David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

In August 2020, California passed a law that requires college students in the state university system to take an ethnic studies course in order to graduate. In...

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