We’ve also been pushing back against toxic woke ideologies infiltrating public education.
Earlier this year, the University of California Faculty Assembly voted to reject a deeply flawed ethnic studies course requirement for high schools, one designed to teach activism over understanding. This would have forced anti-Semitic and anti-capitalist ideological indoctrination on millions of high school students throughout California.
But thanks to you, it didn’t.
The Independent Institute’s resources, guidance, and support were used by leading faculty opponents of this requirement, who convinced a majority to reject this admissions requirement.
Our Comparative Cultures Ethnic Studies Curriculum was used and cited in successful appeals to the Faculty Assembly. Our curriculum fosters a deep and balanced understanding of the history and experiences of diverse ethnic populations.
“Woke” activists sought to use ethnic studies to foment racialist revolution, but they failed. Instead, the UC Faculty decided to stand by our point of view: that students should know how to navigate these difficult issues in responsible ways.
And none of it would be possible without you.
Many leaders and citizens are rightly sick of “wokeism” and its policy prescriptions. We’re offering attractive, alternative paths, and your support is making that possible.
Let’s keep going.
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