California proposes curriculum with chanting name of Aztec god who accepts human sacrifice

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Reported by Discovery Institute researcher Chris Rufo, the curriculum was just one of many diversity programs to gain attention in recent months. Much of its language and content bears resemblance to other programs that have been associated with critical race theory -- a controversial way of analyzing identity that has been the subject of intense debate.

The California curriculum's introduction argued that the program would help marginalized groups.

"By affirming the identities and contributions of marginalized groups in our society, ethnic studies helps students see themselves and each other as part of the narrative of the United States," it read. "Importantly, this helps students see themselves as active agents in the interethnic bridge-building process we call American life."

The guiding principles included goals including, "celebrate and honor Native People/s of the land and communities of Black Indigenous People of Color." Another guiding principle read: "Center and place high value on the pre-colonial, ancestral knowledge, narratives, and communal experiences of Native people/s and people of color and groups that are typically marginalized in society."

The "chants, affirmations, and energizers," the curriculum read, "can be used as energizers to bring the class together, build unity around ethnic studies principles and values, and to reinvigorate the class following a lesson that may be emotionally taxing or even when student engagement may appear to be low."
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