Ethnic studies should build empathy, respect and consideration of multiple perspectives (calmatters.org)
Re High school ethnic studies – the third version Dan Walters’ accurate review of the evolution of the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum overlooks serious problems in its third draft . Rather than address racism constructively, the draft applies an ideological litmus test, resulting in one-dimensional misrepresentation of ethnic groups and their role models . Peaceful agents of change, such as Martin Luther King Jr. and the late Rep. John Lewis, are excluded from the list of 154 “Important...