Posted on “As is often the case when Black, Indigenous, and people of color gain power, attacks on Ethnic Studies have plagued the discipline since its earliest days. Today’s fight to maintain the integrity of the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum is the next phase of the fight to defend Ethnic Studies.” – Angela Davis The California Department of Education has just released its fourth revision to the California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC). Rather than bringing the curriculum closer to fidelity with Ethnic Studies as a discipline, the changes in the most recent draft are even farther from the core principles of Ethnic Studies and were shaped by predominantly white, pro-apartheid Israel, rightwing interest groups and by non-Ethnic Studies scholars.