California Agrees to Remove Aztec, Ashe Prayers From Ethnic Studies to Settle Lawsuit

California Agrees to Remove Aztec, Ashe Prayers From Ethnic Studies to Settle Lawsuit
Traditional Aztec dancers prepare to perform at Chicano Park in San Diego on Feb. 3, 2018. Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images
Brad Jones
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The State of California has agreed to remove Aztec and Ashe prayers from the classroom to settle a lawsuit launched by the Californians for Equal Rights (CFER) Foundation and three San Diego parents.

“We are encouraged by this important, hard-fought victory,” CFER President Frank Xu said in a media release on Jan. 14. “Our state has simply gone too far in attempts to promote fringe ideologies and racial grievance policies, even those that disregard established constitutional principles. Endorsing religious chants in the state curriculum is one glaring example.”