GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY: RACE, POLITICS AND THE AMERICAN PROMISE
Course Information
MW 1130-120 PM
LOCATION: DEANZA, G6
POLI D015.01S / ICS D025.01S |
Applied in theoretical learning for students of social justice, this course will examine race, culture and contradictions in the ideal of the American Dream through a comparative analysis of American experiences of migration. Some emphasis will be on the historical experiences of European immigrants, African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Asian Americans; however other groups and contemporary problems that present the reality of transnational issues will be prioritized. We will also examine the Native American experience within the context of colonization, liberation and freedom from oppression. The course will also discuss the contemporary social and cultural implications of the migration process. Using a multidisciplinary social science approach, attention will be given to issues of race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality, citizenship and ecology as well as the role of the state (policy) to the process of migration and immigration. I plan to share a critical examination of race and others forms of difference within a capitalistic framework.
Course Objectives
Critical Reflective Essay
LOCATION: DEANZA, G6
POLI D015.01S / ICS D025.01S |
Applied in theoretical learning for students of social justice, this course will examine race, culture and contradictions in the ideal of the American Dream through a comparative analysis of American experiences of migration. Some emphasis will be on the historical experiences of European immigrants, African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Asian Americans; however other groups and contemporary problems that present the reality of transnational issues will be prioritized. We will also examine the Native American experience within the context of colonization, liberation and freedom from oppression. The course will also discuss the contemporary social and cultural implications of the migration process. Using a multidisciplinary social science approach, attention will be given to issues of race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality, citizenship and ecology as well as the role of the state (policy) to the process of migration and immigration. I plan to share a critical examination of race and others forms of difference within a capitalistic framework.
Course Objectives
- Explore the nature of the social sciences as a disciplinary field and learn about the use of applied research in social and political change work.
- Identify and practice major methodologies of social science field research.
- Investigate key events and experiences in the migration histories of African Americans, European Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans and others.
- Identify and critically evaluate major conceptual issues regarding migration to and within the United States.
- Identify and critically evaluate contemporary legacy of migration histories.
- Explore the importance of public institutions in upholding societal and political norms
- Identify and critically examine the role of gender stereotypes and gender roll enforcement shaped and shapes the functioning of racism in the American context.
- Identify and assess the impact of sexual exploitation and sexual oppression on racism and race formations within the United States.
- Use and assess "listening partnerships," "dyadic relationships," and/or other forms of "narrative partnerships" to listen to, comprehend, and communicate cognitive and affective experiences relating to the course material.
Critical Reflective Essay