Description
Begins Fall 2025
This interdisciplinary course examines the social, political, and cultural roots of Chicana/os, tracing history from their Indigenous, African, and Spanish beginnings to the present. It analyzes race, ethnicity, and culture, in relation to Chicana/o communities and their social justice movements and struggles. The course provides a basis for a better understanding of the socio-economic, cultural, and political conditions among Chicana/os through historical consideration of the creation and development of Ethnic Studies programs in the United States. Special emphasis is also placed on the contributions of Chicana/o scholars, artists, and activists by using an intersectional decolonial lens to explore the effects of (neo)colonialism, imperialism, white supremacy, Eurocentrism, and racism.
This interdisciplinary course examines the social, political, and cultural roots of Chicana/os, tracing history from their Indigenous, African, and Spanish beginnings to the present. It analyzes race, ethnicity, and culture, in relation to Chicana/o communities and their social justice movements and struggles. The course provides a basis for a better understanding of the socio-economic, cultural, and political conditions among Chicana/os through historical consideration of the creation and development of Ethnic Studies programs in the United States. Special emphasis is also placed on the contributions of Chicana/o scholars, artists, and activists by using an intersectional decolonial lens to explore the effects of (neo)colonialism, imperialism, white supremacy, Eurocentrism, and racism.
Career
Undergraduate