California school district offers unique Korean American studies class

Anaheim Union High School District in Orange County, California, is offering for the first time this fall an ethnic studies course focusing on the history and experiences of Korean Americans.

Forty-one students from ninth to 12th grade across the district enrolled in the virtual class, titled Korean American Stories, Experience & Studies.

“The Korean American story is a great American story. But if I were to, as a young person, ask myself, ‘Could I name one Korean American who made a difference for the United States?’ I would have struggled to name even one,” said Jeff Kim, a world history teacher in the district who spent the last three years advocating for the new elective.