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    "title": "Moving from Essentialism to Intersectionality in Asian American History Curriculum: California as a National Model",
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    "abstract": "<p>In recent years, activists have campaigned across the country for schools to<br>incorporate ethnic studies into their curricula. For example, in 2021, California Governor<br>Gavin Newsom signed a new law mandating an ethnic studies graduation requirement for<br>all high school students, starting with the class of 2030. While this movement has greatly<br>benefited students by exposing them to multicultural perspectives, misconceptions, such as<br>the model minority stereotype often assigned to Asian Americans, still pervade school<br>curricula. The stereotype portrays Asian Americans as having more of a hard-working<br>mentality and a propensity for achieving socioeconomic success, compared to other ethnic<br>groups. This is especially important in a state like California, which is home to nearly a<br>third of the country’s Asian population and twenty-one Asian ethnic groups. School<br>curriculum standards must move away from an essentialist point of view, which assumes<br>that Asian Americans have a uniform experience, and explore the intersectional oppressions<br>that impact the Asian American community. For example, Asian American students in Berkeley High School only learned about Chinese and Japanese culture and never discussed<br>Southeast Asian history, such as the wartime conflict in Laos. Schools should also recruit<br>and support Asian American educators, as these teachers’ cultural knowledge and racialized<br>experiences will bring the revised curriculum to life. Changes to California’s curriculum<br>can serve as a model for the rest of the nation at a time when the model minority myth is<br>manipulated by legislators to suggest that Asian Americans have overcome racism to<br>achieve socioeconomic success and fuel the anti-critical race theory movement, that<br>suppresses learning about racial oppression in schools altogether.</p>",
    "language": "eng",
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            "first_name": "Lavanya",
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            "last_name": "Sathyamurty",
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    "date_published": "2025-12-15T22:24:00Z",
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