SFUSD sued over ethnic studies course, enrichment fund spending

A section on “whiteness” allegedly assigns Jews and Asian Americans white status on the basis of where they fall in a social hierarchy.

Jul 17, 2026

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The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is facing a lawsuit alleging that it illegally withheld a mandatory ethnic studies course — criticized for its characterizations of Jewish and Asian Americans — from public review ahead of the Board’s April approval, then paid for it using restricted enrichment funds.

The allegatio…

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