Ethnic studies shouldn’t just be about ideological fights

Academia is supposed to be a land of objective reality, where ideas enter the standard curriculum for mass exposure to students only after thorough vetting.
But that’s apparently not so if the subject is sufficiently politically correct.
That’s about the only conclusion to be drawn today, as school boards around California are approving a new ethnic studies curriculum even before it’s been examined in public hearings or adopted by the state Board of Education.
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