SBCC Ethnic Studies Club

The Difficulty of Being a Perfect Asian American A book and a documentary examine how Asian Americans internalize the myth of the model minority.

Op-Ed: Removing Indigenous concepts from ethnic studies sends a terrible message to California's students By removing the Indigenous concepts In Lak’ech and Ashe from California’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum to avoid litigation, state leaders send the message that these cultures are not worth fighting for.

If You’re Just Discovering bell hooks, Here Are 7 Books She Wrote That Will Change Your Life Many readers speak of how bell hooks changed their lives for the better. If today is the first time you are discovering hooks’ impressive collection, these are the books you should begin with…

On Dec. 5, 1955 the Montgomery Bus Boycott began. It is one of the most powerful stories of organizing and social change in U.S. history. Yet many people still associate it with an isolated act by Rosa Parks, without the context of Parks' own life of activism, the decades of protests of Jim Crow on public transportation across the country, nor the role of the Women's Political Council of Montgomery.
Out of Montgomery’s 50,000 African American residents, 30,000-40,000 participated in the boycott. For 381 days, they walked or bicycled or car-pooled, depriving the bus company of a substantial portion of its revenue. Here is a brief description from BlackPast.org: http://bit.ly/enBmxK Here are resources for teaching outside the textbook about the Boycott: http://bit.ly/SxBylC Photo: Walking to work, 1956. ©Don Cravens/Time Life/Getty Images.

It's now possible to visit the Smithsonian's African American history museum virtually The NMAAHC launched a "Searchable Museum" this week, translating its archives and stories into an interactive digital experience.

If White Fragility is a Myth, Why Do We Keep Proving It? The attacks on Critical Race Theory prove the very brittleness conservatives would deny

The Hutchinson Report: Kyle ‘Kid’ Rittenhouse vs Trayvon Martin *Kyle Rittenhouse and Trayvon Martin were both the same age-17 years old. They both had some dings on their record. They both wound up in a much-watched courtroom drama. There are of course a couple of differences. Martin was Black and slain. His killer, George Zimmerman, was arrested, tried, and ac...

'Buried past' of America's first Koreatown uncovered in California's Riverside A new exhibit in Southern California showcases an integral part of Korean-American history that was only uncovered a few years ago. Stephanie Sy shows us the decades-long path to discovering the nation’s first “Koreatown.” This report is part of our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

"Native American history is American history. This month we honor the gifts of our ancestors as we celebrate Indigenous knowledge, traditions, language and culture."

Secretary Deb Haaland on Twitter “Native American history is American history. This month we honor the gifts of our ancestors as we celebrate Indigenous knowledge, traditions, language and culture. On behalf of , happy Native American Heritage Month, everyone! https://t.co/PlQXNtEZ3N”

How Haunani-Kay Trask Shaped Her People’s Struggle for Independence The Hawaiian movement for self-determination was forever changed by the fierce and unapologetic leadership of the late Haunani-Kay Trask. This loving obituary written by one of Trask’s mentees explores her powerful legacy.