Word: ethnical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Around the country, ethnic studies programs have gained legitimacy in recent years, as faculty emphasize new types of multi-cultural research and students line up to study the experiences of minority groups...
...their backers, ethnic studies programs--and more specifically focused areas such as Chicano studies--offer a valuable and different perspective on the American experience...
...moving slowly, but some of the big schools are starting to recognize that it is going to be a multi-cultural society in the 21st century and they need ethnic studies programs," says Larry Trujillo, a professor at Berkeley...
...despite the high volume of scholarship generated by these programs and the visible student enthusiasm, some academics continue to say that ethnic studies cannot be viewed as an independent discipline...
...said that while he questioned the wisdom of ethnic studies concentrations, he supported at least offering courses in such departments...