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Ethnic studies departments were established on college campuses across the country and have grown to encompass African American Studies, Asian American Studies, Raza Studies, Chicano Studies, Mexican American Studies, Native American Studies, Jewish Studies, and Arab Studies. Arab American Studies was created after 9/11 at SF State University.
In 2016, hundreds of students protested against budget cuts to the college and for the expansion of the college's programs. [4] Until 2019, the college was the only College of Ethnic Studies in the United States. The second College of Ethnic Studies was established at California State University, Los Angeles. [5]
The political uproar over diversity studies is clouding the reality that few four-year institutions offer a major in Latino or other ethnic studies.
The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC) was founded in 2011 as a center for multidisciplinary research efforts at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). It is one of four ethnic studies centers established at UCLA that year. The center focuses on ethnic and racial communities.
Native American studies (also known as American Indian, Indigenous American, Aboriginal, Native, or First Nations studies) is an interdisciplinary academic field that examines the history, culture, politics, issues, spirituality, sociology and contemporary experience of Native peoples in North America, [1] or, taking a hemispheric approach, the Americas. [2]
The 1980s saw more Chicano studies programs integrated into institutions of higher learning while it also created a "canonical approach" to its studies and "gatekeeping procedures" to evaluate promotions and tenure. [21] In addition, Chicano studies programs helped universities and colleges fulfill affirmative action requirements. [14]
Asian American Studies is an academic field originating in the 1960s, which critically examines the history, issues, sociology, religion, experiences, culture, and policies relevant to Asian Americans. It is closely related to other Ethnic Studies fields, such as African American Studies, Latino Studies, and Native American Studies.
In the late 1960s, the Black Community began to ask for academic programs and funding for ethnic studies, including the establishment of an Africana studies program. By the spring of 1969, the Administration had recruited James Turner as the program's first director. [4]