Jody Sokolower’s new book challenges the distorted picture of Palestinians her students had gained from media. “The struggle to bring Palestine into our classrooms is as important to freeing Palestine as all our other acts of solidarity,” Sokolower writes.

In a struggle that is eerily similar to the battle for the Mexican American Studies a decade ago, teachers, students, and community activists in California are fighting to defend the content and pedagogy of ethnic studies.

Instead of targeting the real source of antisemitism in the United States — white supremacy — proposed revisions to California’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum target Palestinian children and their families.

Instead of putting anti-racist education in the hands of the pro-Israel lobby, the California Department of Education should recommit to a true ethnic studies curriculum.