The terms Indian, American Indian, Native and Native American have been used interchangeably in academia to refer to a specific population of people having origins in any of the tribal homeland locations within the United States
American indian has origins in any of the tribal homeland .
Some ethnic regions evolved on their own, but others created to purposefully isolate minority groups. For generations, North American Indians were forcibly removed from their lands and restricted to smaller parcels of land known as reservations
Most regions were not created by any one else, some regions evlovled on their own.
Ethnic Studies is the critical and interdisciplinary study of race, ethnicity, and Indigeneity, focusing on the experiences and perspectives of diverse Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities.
feels great to be a indigenous person of earth ( ethnic studies the critical study of indigenous black people . )
In the over fifty years since the founding of Ethnic Studies as an academic field, it has grown substantially to include a range of scholarly associations, degree-granting programs at all levels of higher education, growth in the K-12 education system, inclusion within general education curricula, and as a site of struggle and solidarity for racial justice, decolonization, and intersectionality. S
12 education system , has grown substatially in 2026
Ethnic Studies is literally my life. It’s helped me understand my life. Seeing that my challenges and my mother’s challenges were mirrored in the classroom, I began to understand that the hardships I’ve endured as a woman of color is not mythical (it can feel that way when it’s not legitimized, because our society acts like we’re past issues of racism, sexism, and so forth). In navigating my own life, Ethnic Studies taught me how to decide for myself.
while navigating challenges were mirrored in the classroom
Our work in the classroom inspired my peers and myself to advocate for justice and equity for our communities, including creating the group SLO Solidarity to demand recognition of the racism on campus and that administrators develop policies, resources, and services to address the needs of historically underrepresented groups. This led to the creation of new initiatives for transfer students, undocumented students, students of color, and first-generation college students, which continue to this day.
classrooms inspired my peers and myself to advocate for justice
Oregon State University (OSU) didn’t have an ‘official’ Ethnic Studies department when I arrived, but they had one when I left. We also had a Native American Longhouse/cultural center which was why I went to OSU in the first place. You could major in American Studies with an Ethnic Studies emphasis in a specific core discipline area.
wow that's great to add ethnic studies . What would you have added ? A great introduction to students .
How might we take inspiration from historical moments of resistance and apply that to changes we want to see for our generation and within our own communities?
within our communities historical moments have happend .
Just as some students express being saved by Ethnic Studies,
wow ethnic studies acts as a superhero, cant wait till the update to the alphabet. Knowing that blacks created the alphabet .
As Ethnic Studies has recently become a requirement for the California State University (CSU) system,
Ethnic studies is a requirement for California state university's
Ethnic
A great category
Ethnic Studies goes beyond revealing and examining violence and pain to bring students and education into the work of transformation, resistance, and social change. This means that Ethnic Studies is always political, always evolving, and intimately connected to social movements, grassroots activism, and advocacy for change.
Why go beyond and reveal and examine ethnic studies ?
“Ethnic studies goes beyond revealing and examine violence.
Ethnic Studies goes beyond revealing and examining violence and pain to bring students and education into the work of transformation, resistance, and social change. This means that Ethnic Studies is always political, always evolving, and intimately connected to social movements, grassroots activism, and advocacy for change.
Why go beyond to reveal and examine violence ? “Ethnic studies goes beyond revealing and examine violence “
Ethnic Studies goes beyond revealing and examining violence and pain to bring students and education into the work of transformation, resistance, and social change. This means that Ethnic Studies is always political, always evolving, and intimately connected to social movements, grassroots activism, and advocacy for change.
Why examine or reveal violence ? “Ethnic studies s goes beyond revealing and examining “
That a School of Ethnic Studies for the ethnic groups involved in the Third World be set up with the students in each particular ethnic organization having the authority and control of the hiring and retention of any faculty member,
“Rentintion of faculty members were not accepted for ethnic groups “
That all Black Studies courses being taught through various departments be immediately part of the Black Studies Department and that all the instructors in this department receive full-time pay.
Black studies courses being taught through various departments . -all governments need to be under African or Afro whatever it’s their government take the stop light and traffic lights for instance .
The strike lasted for nearly five months and at its peak, had halted nearly all classes and college operations.
If only research was done , they were fighting for what what’s theirs and what was mistreated . Alphabet and numbering systems.” The strike lasted for five months .
the Black Studies curriculum covered history, social sciences, and the humanities, including courses like Sociology
Social science covered black studies history . My favorite topics .
Students resisted any attempt to control the content of these courses, including invited speakers. The culture and operations of the Experimental College attracted radicalized Black students.
Radicalized black students with experimental college attracted culture and operations
Black Studies program, before going on to found the Black Panther Party (Rojas, 2010). At the same time, similar efforts were underway throughout California and across the country.
Black panther party founded by black studies program .
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale met at Merritt College in Oakland, California, where they were inspired by the writings of the Black radical author, Franz Fanon.
Huey pbnewton a great person Oakland ca Merritt College .
The Freedom Schools provided students of all ages with an opportunity to learn vital information about history, mathematics, culture, and other topics. This offered personal benefits to the participants while also encouraging folx to join a movement of engaged and politically motivated community members.
Black communities provided the alphabet and numbering systems “ why create a school called the. Freedom systems ? If they are the ones that’s free it’s their educational goals for others to reach . They created the school systems .
However, white supremacist groups emerged to resist these changes,
“White supremacist groups emerged to resist changes “ Wow that’s crazy they thought they were in control until they learned that black Africa owns the alphabet 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤴🏽🥇 imaging that ✌🏾 dumb ass and civilization…why won’t they just live on a rock - The genius T .. do research it’s kind of spooky for people to be that dumb ✌🏾.