California to remove Mayan affirmation from ethnic studies after lawsuit argues it’s a prayer

Jan. 18, 2022

California is deleting the often-used In Lak’Ech affirmation from its model ethnic studies curriculum to settle a lawsuit from a San Diego group that claims the affirmation constitutes an Aztec prayer.

The California Department of Education also is removing an Ashe affirmation from the curriculum. Ashe is a concept from the Yoruba people of Nigeria that refers to the power to effect change. The lawsuit argued it constitutes a religious chant.

https://www.latimes.com/california/s...ethnic-studies