{"id":468,"date":"2022-03-29T16:05:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T16:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/academic\/programs-2\/critical-ethnic-studies\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T14:46:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:46:54","slug":"critical-ethnic-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/academic\/programs\/critical-ethnic-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Ethnic Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Why Major in Critical Ethnic Studies at K?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Who gets to write history and define truth, and what voices and world views are centered in the process?<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a critical ethnic studies [CES] student, you will question how knowledge is defined and the power structures that dictate \u201ctruth.\u201d Disentangling the colonial and racial projects that govern the relationship between people and land<\/a>, you will re-examine universal ideas through the perspective of marginalized groups and world views. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To understand these varied perspectives, the department takes an interdisciplinary approach to education, allowing you to fulfill major requirements through select classes in English, religion, anthropology and sociology, and political science\u2014in addition to your CES-specific courses. You will invert, rethink, and displace traditional, colonial narratives in classes like The Colonial and Imperial Difference; World Indigenous Literatures: The People and the Land; Insurgency, Solidarity, and Coloniality of Power; and Body, Land, and Labor. By critically examining normalized narratives, you will gain a more complicated and holistic view of the human experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The critical thinking, communication, and research skills you will develop over your four years as a CES student will prepare you for a lifetime of advancing social justice, with alumni having had successful careers in community organizing, education, law, and business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What can you do with a critical ethnic studies major?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Below are some of the careers, employers, and graduate schools of our CES alumni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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