https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/31/meet-the-marxist-revolutionaries-behind-californias-emerging-ethnic-studies-for-public-schools/Meet The Marxist Revolutionaries Behind California’s Emerging Ethnic Studies For Public Schoolsby Kenny Xu
8.31.21
California’s Democrat-controlled state legislature may pass Assembly Bill 101 into law this week. If signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, it will mandate “ethnic studies” as a high school graduation requirement for all California public schools.
“Ethnic studies” is a series of courses that focus on history, but through perspectives advocates see as “marginalized,” including black, Asian American, and Latin American/Chicano studies. California’s adoption of the proposal could set a precedent for the rest of the country.
We now have precise evidence about who has been developing the ethnic studies curricula that could soon be taught to California’s more than 6 million public school children—and they are Marxist revolutionaries.
Union del Barrio is a revolutionary socialist group that has “dedicated [themselves] to struggle on behalf of ‘la Raza.’” They define “la Raza” as the indigenous and Latino inhabitants of North and South America who must unite as “Nuestra América” to defeat colonialism, capitalism, and neoliberalism. They are fundamentally opposed to the “international capitalist elite that is currently led by United States imperialism.”
Their goals are explicit and extreme: “Revolutionary Nationalism demands a complete transformation of the social, economic, and political institutions that presently form the basis of our oppression,” they argue. Their political philosophy for ethnic studies calls for the complete abolition of borders, government by a race-based socialist collective, and the destruction of Western liberalism.
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Teaching California Kids to Believe CommunismEven if districts take the current Ethnic Studies Model curriculum from the California Department of Education, they will be taking a curriculum that borrows heavily from Union del Barrio’s ideology. The new model curriculum, for example, includes a sample lesson instructing students to
“recognize that colonization is an ongoing process, and to inspire critically conscious action and reflection.” Members and affiliates of Union del Barrio controlled much of the process of creating the model curriculum, which will be the primary reference for school districts if they are mandated to create their own ethnic studies courses.
More at URL above...Poster's comment:California -- all but "a lost state".
