Introduction to Ethnic Studies

An introduction to the interdisciplinary study of race and ethnicity in the United States relating to the diverse institutional, cultural, and historical issues of the four historically defined racialized core groups (Native Americans, African Americans, Latinx Americans, and Asian Americans). The course will examine key topics such as racialization, racism, settler colonialism, imperialism, racial capitalism, white supremacy, cultural hegemony, power, discrimination, immigration, economics, labor, political conditions, cultural expression, resistance, cross-group collaboration, liberation movements, and the intersection of racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual identities.