Dozens Of California Universities To Require Social Justice Or Ethnic Studies Course; Examples: ‘Police Reform,’ ‘Economics Of Racism’

The California State University Board of Trustees passed a new general education requirement on Wednesday that will ensure all 430,000 undergraduate students across its 23 campuses take an ethnic studies or social justice course in order to graduate.

The requirement, which will go into effect beginning in 2023, can be satisfied with a host of social justice offerings, including “police reform, disparities in public health and the economics of racism.”