As students protesting the Gaza genocide encounter violent repression, the push to integrate Arab American Studies and Palestine into Ethnic Studies faces censorship and political attacks as well.

Critical Ethnic Studies threatens Zionist and right-wing forces who seek to silence Palestinian narratives, and similar to Critical Race Theory it is under attack. In this climate, defending Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi and the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas (AMED) Studies program at San Francisco State University is more critical and urgent now than ever. 

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.