I don't know if this is really a useful link for a gifted chat site like this.
It's very sad that the UC system is cutting so many important departments and topics out. They are trying to balance a hopeless budget.
On the flip side, California obviously has many ethnic minorities. San Diego, as you would imagine, is a polyglot of rich, diverse cultures. It is important for kids to get exposure to diverse cultures in a state like California, which also opens access to study (or working) abroad. That is vital with this global economy.
Starting in junior high, kids in our California public school district can take Spanish, French, (I hope, German), Chinese, and Japanese! And that continues up through AP-level classes at the high school.
I don't think learning about other cultures is necessarily narcissism.