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"If anything, this is a case of Jews seeking inclusion within Ethnic Studies. Their objection is rather that the draft curriculum erases Jews from the Ethnic Studies pantheon...." —@schraubd on a controversy of which I was heretofore blissfully unaware: dsadevil.blogspot.com/2019/08/on-cal….
@schraubd "That this is a call for inclusion, not exclusion, is even more important to stress in the Mizrahi Jewish case. Jews from places like Iraq, Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt have every right to be included in an 'Arab American Studies' curriculum;"+
"that curriculum is as much theirs as it is anyone else's. The assumption that their objections come 'from the outside' is a form of antisemitic otherization, nothing more." (link, again: dsadevil.blogspot.com/2019/08/on-cal…)
I'm now encountering more about this disturbing situation elsewhere: "'Anti-Jewish, anti-Israel, pro-BDS': California's proposed ethnic studies curriculum gets an F from Jewish caucus"—via @JTANews jta.org/2019/08/05/uni…
@JTAnews And from @jewishsf: "The complainants represent a diverse coalition of groups, from the @ADL to the Progressive Zionists of California to JIMENA: Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa (@JIMENA_Voice)." jweekly.com/2019/08/06/jew…
@JTAnews @jewishsf @ADL @JIMENA_Voice Finally encountering something on this beyond the Jewish press. latimes.com/opinion/story/…
@JTAnews @jewishsf @ADL @JIMENA_Voice Statement from California State Board of Education: "The current draft model curriculum falls short and needs to be substantially redesigned....A new draft will be developed for State Board of Education review and potential approval.” cde.ca.gov/be/pn/nr/yr19s…
