Ethnic Studies is a divisive program in California and particularly in San Francisco. It has been fraught with controversy since the idea was first brought up. There are powerful forces (and money) backing the extremist proponents of the current version. In San Francisco where the students are actually failing to perform at grade level, it's more important to focus on the basics than on a program that insists on the oppressor/oppressed version of the world. That cannot help people to be united. We need civics in the curriculum so that students understand what the USA is about.
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Ethnic Studies is a divisive program in California and particularly in San Francisco. It has been fraught with controversy since the idea was first brought up. There are powerful forces (and money) backing the extremist proponents of the current version. In San Francisco where the students are actually failing to perform at grade level, it's more important to focus on the basics than on a program that insists on the oppressor/oppressed version of the world. That cannot help people to be united. We need civics in the curriculum so that students understand what the USA is about.