Berkeley offers college credit to ‘fight the new Jim Crow’
dailycaller.com
Published: 5:14 PM 08/30/2011
By C.J. Ciaramella


SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JULY 14: Sherry Lansing, chairman of the University of California board of regents, speaks during a press conference following the University of California board of regents meeting on July 14, 2011 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Back in the day, if students wanted easy credits, they signed up for underwater basket-weaving. Now they just need a political cause.

The University of California, Berkeley is offering students college credit to work for an expressly political organization fighting for affirmative action and immigrant rights.

This semester, the African Studies department at Berkeley is offering a two-credit class called “Fighting to Learn, Learning to Fight: Building the Movement for Public Education and Equality.â€