Ethnic Studies As Social Movement

Resistance to ethnic studies is nothing new. In today’s multicultural moment
of diversity and inclusion, analyzing backlash against ethnic studies in K–12
education can reveal details about transfigurations of power and illuminate the
rhetorical context within which ethnic studies finds itself in battle. The language
of social and racial justice movements that accompanied the development of
ethnic studies is being used to oppose it, powered by white supremacist logics.

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