E. San Juan Jr.
San Juan Jr. offers a persuasive argument the role of Ethnic Studies in the context of globalization and co-opted "multiculturalism" . Near the end, and issue San Juan Jr. pointed out was "what can Ethnic Studies offer as a mean of resistance when it has become transformed into an instrument to camouflage, if not directly advance, the interest of universal commodification?" I feel that many Ethnic Studies programs have lost the sight of the reason the communities demanded them: to challenge the institutional order of instruction and curriculum. In an effort to be recognized as a legitimate department by the university and continue to receive funding, ethnic studies has become absorbed into the institution instead of challenging it. My question is, how can students radically challenge the institution through ethnic studies and student-initiated programs?
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