The debates that involve banning critical race theory and implementing ethnic studies programs have recently surged. But this is not the first time that controversy about ethnic studies programs and other efforts to promote equity has led to dissension. In the 1960s, similar discord led to violence. Today, right-wing activists are making efforts to prevent ethnic studies programs from being implemented. Many educators and historians, however, are expressing the need to teach the accurate histories of racial and ethnic minority groups at educational institutions. In this article, I argue that today’s resistance to implementing ethnic studies programs is a continuation of the opposition that occurred in the 1960s against this trend and the other efforts that were designed to promote equity. In contrast to the idea that ethnic studies programs contribute to divisiveness, I argue that they offer a better way of teaching students in a country that has become more racially diverse. I retell what happened during the Freedom Summer of 1964 and the strikes at Columbia University and San Francisco State College to offer a perspective that is often neglected when authors describe the movement to ban critical race theory.

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美国的种族研究项目：探索过去以了解当今的辩论

涉及禁止批判种族理论和实施种族研究计划的辩论最近激增。但这并不是关于种族研究项目和其他促进公平的努力第一次引发分歧。20 世纪 60 年代，类似的不和导致了暴力。如今，右翼活动人士正在努力阻止种族研究项目的实施。然而，许多教育家和历史学家表示需要在教育机构教授种族和族裔群体的准确历史。在本文中，我认为今天对实施种族研究项目的抵制是 20 世纪 60 年代针对这一趋势和其他旨在促进公平的努力的反对的延续。与种族研究项目导致分裂的观点相反，我认为，在一个种族更加多元化的国家，它们提供了一种更好的教学方式。我重述了 1964 年自由之夏期间发生的事情以及哥伦比亚大学和旧金山州立学院的罢工，以提供一个在作者描述禁止批判种族理论的运动时经常被忽视的观点。