Dear Friend of Liberty,
I want to make sure you are aware of a major policy victory in California—thanks in large part to the Independent Institute’s efforts.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has just vetoed a bill that would have mandated an anti-capitalist "ethnic studies" course as a requirement to graduate high school. The content of this course would have been guided by a model “ethnic studies” curriculum released by the state Department of Education this summer.
Though much of the “progressive” California education establishment was behind this effort, a major backlash stemming from the content of the proposed model curriculum is what prevailed in the end.
As our Senior Fellow Williamson M. Evers first pointed out in the Wall Street Journal (see here and here), the model curriculum “boils down to vulgar Marxism, identity politics and victimology ... and portrays capitalism as oppressive.” Dr. Evers's devastating criticisms of the curriculum—especially regarding how American Jews, Irish, Koreans, Armenians, and others are treated as somehow acquiring “white privilege”—galvanized broad opposition to its mandated implementation and forced Newsom's hand.
You can read more about what led up to this stunning victory in Dr. Ever’s follow up op-ed, “How Gov. Newsom’s Veto of Ethnic Studies Requirement Happened,” which was recently placed in the Orange County Register and the eleven other Southern California News Group newspapers.
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Please also enjoy this video with Dr. Graham Walker and Dr. Evers, which explores the issue in further depth.
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To our fabulous donors: thank you very much for your generous support of the Independent Institute. You empower us to accomplish remarkable victories, even against a committed “progressive” agenda.
If you are not already a supporter, I humbly encourage you to consider making a gift right now. Your generous assistance will directly empower further victories for liberty!
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Sincerely,
David J. Theroux
Founder, President and CEO
Independent Institute
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