Students at San Diego State's teacher education program are required to take an "Introduction to Multicultural Education" course in which they take "cultural plunges" into unfamiliar environments, rather than tests. White students must visit a black church to better understand what it feels to be the only one around who looks different. Heterosexuals must attend gay bars. Each student has to wear a tag and recite aloud, "I am gay" or "I am lesbian," regardless of whether it is true, and describe how it feels like to be gay in various discriminatory situations.

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