Commentary
Artsakh and Ethnic Studies
As the Armenia-Azerbaijan war grinds to a disastrous conclusion, Armenians around the world yet again feel abandoned and invisible. We have similarly fought not to be erased by more powerful groups in the California Ethnic Studies Curriculum. The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh and the fight over California's Ethnic Studies Curriculum may seem worlds apart, but this perception ignores how "over there" is never that far from "over here." Most importantly, it ignores the entangled histories of white
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Although 1 right wing Jewish organization used the struggle for Jewish and Armenian exclusion to further their anti-Palestinian, pro-Israel agenda, THE 6 OTHER JEWISH GROUPS WORKED WITH THE ARMENIANS to ensure the inclusion of our narratives. Their focus was NOT on the Middle East. The focus was on the experiences of Armenian-Americans and Jewish- Americans. If we didn’t work together, nothing would have happened. There is power in cooperation, especially between two large minorities.
The Israeli-Palestinian issue does NOT belong in a class about the history and struggles of California’s ethnic minorities, including its Arabs and Jews. It is part of the state standards for world history.