http://www.yahoo.com/news/california-becomes-first-state-require-211846366.html
After more than five years of intense scrutiny and effort, California on Friday became the first state to make ethnic studies a required class for high school graduation to help students understand the past and present struggles and contributions of Black, Asian, Latino, Native/Indigenous Americans and other groups that have experienced racism and marginalization in America. ...
Of course! Why worry that your students can't read or write properly and don't have command of basic math skills ... feed them politicized, racist propaganda instead! THAT will help them become productive citizens who can earn their own way through life - NOT. California - the land of flakes, fruits, nuts - and buffoons.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence