ethnic studies
Racialized groups' academics
Ethnic studies is an academic field examining the histories, cultures, and experiences of racial and ethnic groups—particularly those marginalized or underrepresented in traditional curricula.
The field emerged from 1960s campus activism demanding courses on Black, Chicano, Asian American, and Native American experiences.
Programs typically emphasize how race intersects with class, gender, and power structures: She's majoring in ethnic studies with a focus on Asian American communities.
- ethnographySystematic study of peoples
- multiculturalismCoexistence of diverse traditions
- anthropologyStudy of human cultures
- indigenous knowledgeLocally transmitted ancestral understanding
- native languagesLanguages learned from birth
intersectionality · race · cultural heritage · racial equity · critical race theory · power structures · decolonization · oral traditions · collective memory · identity · voices · African diaspora · border crossing · folk traditions · lived experience · history · community · ancestry
- social studiescivics, maps, economics, community, sociology
- academic fieldsmathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, history
- cultural historyart history, music history, cultural artifacts, cultural memory, cultural movements
- disciplinesbiology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, psychology
- humanitiesphilosophy, history, literature, philosophy class, novels
- Puerto RicoSan Juan, Puerto Rico, Carolina, Old San Juan, Arecibo
ethnic studiescore curriculum
Mandatory foundational coursework
classical education · European history · Western canon · classical studies · classics
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