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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Criticism to new bill that says California high school students must take ethnic studies class to graduate

    "Her-story," "cis-hetero-patriarchy," and "Whiteness" (with a capital W) are terms included in a proposed ethnic studies curriculum that could become a graduation requirement for California public high school students.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 13, 2019 • 1 min read

    "Her-story," "cis-hetero-patriarchy," and "Whiteness" (with a capital W) are terms included in a proposed ethnic studies curriculum that could become a graduation requirement for California public high school students. State lawmakers are divided on whether or not ethnic studies should exist and what should be included in an ethnic studies course. There’s blowback coming from a lot of different places. Conservatives say it vilifies capitalism, is divisive and too left-leaning. The bill’s author says the revised version doesn’t include enough about anti-semitism.

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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    New Trump rule: people using public assistance can't become citizens
    1. 0:00Trump administration: people on public assistance would be ineligible for citizenship
    2. 10:40Criticism to new bill that says California high school students must take ethnic studies class to graduateYou’re reading this
    3. 18:33'Fleishman is in Trouble:' a novel about marriage, divorce, and gender equality
    4. 34:49Comedian Adam Conover ruins what you think you know
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