Photo courtesy of CSUDH Campus News Center By Destiny Jackson, Perspectives Editor The South Bay has been shaped by many cultures. Native peoples first settled it, Spanish and Mexican roots plunge deep, Anglo Americans stole it in 1848, and the souls of Black folks are woven into the DNA of the university at its center, […]
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Victory for Ethnic Studies: Gov. Newsom Signs AB 1460 Into Law.
CSUDH is among the 23 CSU campuses now requiring an ethnic studies course as a graduation requirement beginning with the freshman class of 2021-22. Photo by Iracema Navarro. By Iracema Navarro, Politics Editor A last-minute attempt by the California State University system to broaden an ethnic studies bill, which opponents said diluted the original purpose […]
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“We Asked for Orange Juice and Got a Glass of Tang:” CSUDH Faculty Sound Off on Alternative Ethnic Studies Requirement
California State Capitol Building in Sacramento, California where the State Legislature convenes. Photo by m mucoki on Unsplash By Iracema Navarro, Political Editor Updated 8/03/2020: Additional reporting by Brenda Verano and Robert Rios One month after the state voted to introduce an ethnic studies requirement to the California State University, the CSU Board of Trustees, […]
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CSU’s Alternative to AB 1460 Passes Despite Disapproval From Ethnic Studies Community
This story is for republication, written by The Sundial’s Orlando Mayorquin. Photo by David J. Hawkins. By Orlando Mayorquin | CSU Wire The California State University Board of Trustees voted 13-5 to pass a measure to establish a CSU systemwide ethnic studies and social justice requirement starting in the 2023-2024 academic year. The measure is the […]
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New Ethnic Studies Requirement Reinforces CSUDH Fight for Racial Equality
This vote will make CSU undergraduate students take a 3-unit ethnic studies class as a graduation requirement. Photo by Kyle Smith, Unsplash. By Robert Rios and Taylor Helmes It’s been a busy summer break for Donna Nicol, chair of the Africana Studies Department at California State University, Dominguez Hills. In early June, amid the wave […]