An ethnic studies training session at San Francisco’s John O’Connell High School has drawn snide social media comments and significant controversy, with critics lambasting the session’s content, which promoted the idea of “adult supremacy” — or teachers acting as oppressors and students as the oppressed.
The training, sponsored by Teachers 4 Social Justice and titled “Ethnic Studies Everywhere,” was part of an April 26 conference, with topics focused on supporting educators across many subjects to incorporate the coursework into their subject areas despite the pushback seen locally and nationally.
One of the workshops, “Youth as Knowledge Producers: Challenging Adults Supremacy Through Ethnic Studies,” addressed so-called “adultism” — or the disrespect or perceived inferiority of young people who the adults believe should yield to the authority of their elders…