California's History of Discrimination and Exclusion Haunts Early Care and Education Today. Report
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| Title: | California's History of Discrimination and Exclusion Haunts Early Care and Education Today. Report |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | University of California, Berkeley. Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) |
| Source: | Center for the Study of Child Care Employment. 2025. |
| Availability: | Center for the Study of Child Care Employment. Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California at Berkeley, 2521 Channing Way #5555, Berkeley, CA 94720. Tel: 510-643-7091; Web site: https://cscce.berkeley.edu/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 39 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Heising-Simons Foundation |
| Document Type: | Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education |
| Descriptors: | United States History, Racial Discrimination, Educational Discrimination, Public Schools, School Segregation, Minority Group Students, Teaching Methods, Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Resistance (Psychology), Indigenous Populations, Child Rearing, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, African Americans, Chinese Americans, Immigrants, Access to Education, Colonialism, Land Settlement, Mexican Americans |
| Geographic Terms: | California |
| Abstract: | Starting in 1769 with the arrival of Spanish colonists, California had a history of discriminating and exploiting entire populations of children and families. This continued when public schools established during early statehood in the 1850s were segregated by race. The state's past underlies contemporary racial disparities in access to services for children and families, as well as job roles, training opportunities, and equitable pay for the early care and education workforce. Likewise, historical racial discrimination drives ongoing disrespect for and knowledge about the cultural and linguistic traditions of Asian, Black, Indigenous, and Latine communities as well as other people of color and marginalized groups. Prejudice and discrimination also affect how these populations are reflected in dominant methods and practices of teaching and caregiving This overview of California history as it relates to caring for and teaching young children aims to inform our understanding of how injustices from pre- and early-statehood continue to replicate themselves in different ways in present-day California. The paper also includes several accounts of resistance by non-White people. Our aim is to encourage readers to question what they have learned about California, to inspire them to think differently, and to uncover more about the history of their own states and its impact across early care and education today. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | ED674609 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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