SACRAMENTO -- Martin Luther King Jr. would be pleased by how students in Laguna Creek High School's 'unity class' embody his dream of 'a nation where they will be not judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.'
The 37 students in teacher Jeanne Kirchofer's classroom span many combinations of race and ethnicity. About half said they would rather be identified as Americans, erasing race from the boxes.
They reflect a trend in California schools, where growing numbers of students and parents decline to state race on forms and tests."