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California State University

Undergraduate School

Mailing Address
401 Golden Shore
Long Beach, California 90802
Phone
(562) 951-4800
Email address
admission@calstatela.edu
School Information
"The CSU system is m​ade up of 23 campuses across the state of California​. The California State University educates 482​,000 students every year. The CSU has one of the most diverse student bodies in the United States." "Since the signing of the Donahoe Higher Education Act in 1960, the CSU has been the nation’s leading university system...The CSU campuses are accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)." (Source: https://www2.calstate.edu/csu-system/about-the-csu)
General Information
CSU has taken steps to embed Critical Race Theory into its curriculum, as well as its current course offering. CSU Trustees voted to make Ethnic Studies a graduation requirement, although the change has not yet been implemented. Additionally, Cal State Fullerton’s College of Humanities & Social Sciences’ “Interdisciplinary Conversations on Anti-Blackness” featured a lecture titled “Religiosity and Critical Whiteness: How Christianity Serves White Supremacy”. See developments below:

Actions Taken

Anti-Racism, Bias, and Diversity Training
  • A professor "leads union-sponsored workshops on anti-racism across CSU." The same professor told CSU trustees, "I … constantly see and hear about the gap in understanding around anti-racism and equity practices across the campuses. Our faculty need professional development training around social justice, and it is time our administrators start valuing it.”
Curriculum Changes and Requirements
  • Trustees to Vote to make Ethnic Studies a Graduation Requirement.
  • Cal State Long Beach's School of Social Work said that it is "committed to critical race theory through a critical pedagogical framework applied to BASW and MSW coursework. This framework centers the perspectives and needs of the most marginalized and oppressed individuals and segments of our society and directly addresses differences in power, privilege, and status based on race as it intersects with class, gender, sexuality, immigrant status, ability, and other factors at micro, mezzo, and macro levels."
Faculty/Staff Requirements
  • Cal State Northridge has a "2022 White Anti-Racism (WAR) Faculty Learning Community (FLC)." Participants will read Robin DiAngelo's "What does it mean to be white? Developing white racial literacy" and receive $250 for participating.
  • Cal State Stanislaus's Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning is hosting an "Anti-Racist Quality Learning and Teaching" event. The school says, "The project is designed to support faculty with integrating exemplary practices in the design, development, and delivery of online and hybrid courses that are grounded in anti-racist pedagogy as outlined in the Anti-Racist (QR) Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT) assessment instrument." Faculty will be "compensated with a $1000 stipend."
  • Cal State Fullerton's College of Education is hosting a series of "Anti-Racism Webinars," including one on the "The Secondary Education department is offering free webinars this Fall 2020 semester to address underlying racist policies and practices that exist in schools. The webinars are open to teachers, teacher candidates, faculty and community members. The webinars focus on dismantling racist policies, practices and ideas that influence schools, teachers and children, and most importantly, on taking actions that address anti-racist teaching. All webinars are offered from 4:00pm-5:30pm on Tuesdays. If you've missed a webinar, they will be made available on this webpage and on the College of Education YouTube Channel."
  • In a job listing for an Africana Studies professor, Cal State Channel Islands is asking that candidates be "dedicated to anti-racism, equity, and creating systemic change for our campus and region."
  • In a job listing for a Chemistry professor, Cal State Channel Islands is asking that the candidate have a "teaching and/or research focus on inclusive, culturally sustaining instructional practices and dedicated to anti-racism, equity, and the creation of systemic change for our campus and region."
  • For a number of positions with Fall 2022 start dates, Cal State Channel Islands is asking that candidates, "Develop and teach courses for hiring departments that engage curriculum and pedagogy that address a variety of manifestations of systemic racism, anti-racism, or the experiences of Black communities in the U.S." The school added, "We are looking for scholars who are dedicated to anti-racism, equity, and creating systemic change for our campus and our region; someone committed to community engagement and dedicated to a spirit of collaboration."
  • Cal State Channel Islands' Cluster Hire Task Force "determined that the three hires should move forward simultaneously; that candidates must demonstrate a strong link to anti-racist/anti-discrimination issues as relevant to Black lives and Black lived experience." The school also made a commitment to "implement a cluster hiring of three educators into tenure-track positions with a demonstrated record of success in teaching, research, and/or service with anti-racism and Black/African American populations."
Resources
  • Cal State Fullerton’s College of Humanities & Social Sciences’ “Interdisciplinary Conversations on Anti-Blackness” featured a lecture titled “Religiosity and Critical Whiteness: How Christianity Serves White Supremacy”.
  • California State University San Marcos hosted a "Whiteness Forum." The event description reads, "Sponsored by the Department of Communication, The Whiteness Forum is a student-driven critical conversation about the myriad ways that white supremacy manifests in our systems, structures, and daily practices."
  • California State University, San Bernardino, Library put together an "Antiracism: An Antiracist Reading List."
  • Cal State Fullerton's College of Education has curated "Just, Equitable, and Inclusive Education Resources."
  • Cal State San Marcos's library has created a "Black Lives Matter Resource Guide."
  • The School of Education at Cal State, Chico is hosting an Antiracism Speaker Series, where speakers will "share on-the-ground practices that leverage the possibilities for racial and social justice, both inside and outside of classrooms."
  • Cal State Northridge's library has a "#BlackLivesMatter and Anti-Racism" guide. The guide has readings on "Systems of Racism, "Hidden Racism," "White Privilege & Grievance," and "Anti-racism."
  • Cal State East Bay's library has a list of anti-racism resources, including some on "Systemic Racism" and others on "Anti-Racist Action."
  • Cal State East Bay's Office of Diversity also curated a list of resources on anti-racism and "Critical Race Theory in Higher Education."
Symbolic Actions
  • California State University San Marcos’ School of education has a group called “Educators for Social Justice and Equality”, which explicitly endorses Critical Race Theory.
Last updated September 7th, 2022
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