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Previous members of both clubs had been part of study groups for a few years to gain support for such a field, but their progress picked up dramatically last spring. About a year ago, students such as Roman-Salazar began meeting to collaborate with professors in African-American Studies, History...
Aside from drawing a wide range of professors from different departments and universities, the Committee on Ethnic Studies also represents the culmination of many interest groups and ideas. For years, various groups expressed interest in creating an Asian American Studies program, Latino American Studies program, and Native American Studies program...
“With this effort, we tried to include very different groups,” says Roman-Salazar. “Maybe it was just that we brought together the right level of enthusiasm and student involvement and faculty involvement working together.”
In addition to representing the interests of a variety of minority groups, Ethnic Studies extends its appeal even further by incorporating studies of human rights into its curriculum and designating it as a distinct track.
Critics of direct mass democracy say many ballot measures are flawed and incoherent and that hot-button measures - such as initiatives on immigration, guns and offshore drilling - are designed to bring out certain groups of voters on Election Day. As Kimball points out, the biggest positive of the initiative process...