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Core Curriculum

Race, Place & Social Inequalities

Race, Place & Social Inequalities

Facilitator: James Lai, Political Science and Ethnic Studies

Courses in this Pathway will examine the intersections of race/ethnicity, place, and social inequalities within either a transnational comparative context including the United States or exclusively within the United States. Particularly important to this Pathway will be racial groups such as African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and Multi-racial/ethnic individuals. In addition, Whites will be examined in regard to Whiteness and White privilege in relation to the above racial minority groups. The term is open to various definitions such as the study of racial and ethnic communities in a particular geographic location (city, state, developed and developing countries, etc.), within dynamic and transient locations (place as national borders, transnational dynamics, etc.), and within sites of meaning and social valuation (place as social construct, metaphor, imagined community, etc.).
Students will be encouraged to explore ideas about race in relation to particular places and understand ways social inequalities influence

Political mobilization and public opinion
Multi-racial coalitions
Public policies (education, health care, community redevelopment, etc.)
Racial, ethnic, and religious identities
Social movements
Community and organization formations
Race relations
Artistic (literary, visual, and musical) expressions

Associated Courses

Arabic (ARAB)
137 Arabic Culture and Identity 
185 The Arab American Experience 
Child Studies (CHST)
12 Qualitative Res Methods & Stats in Child Studies 
106 Urban Education and Multiculturalism 
Classics (CLAS)
190 Mythical Marginalized Figures 
Communication (COMM)
116 Intercultural Communication 
187 Media and Social Movements 
English (ENGL)
35 Introduction to African-American Literature (cross-listed with ETHN)
35G Introduction to African-American Literature (cross-listed as ETHN 35 and GNSX 14)
36 Introduction to Latino/a Literature (cross-listed with ETHN 21)
37 Native American Literature 
38 Introduction to Asian-American Literature (cross-listed with ETHN 41)
39 Multicultural Literature of the United States (cross-listed with ETHN 70)
39G Multicultural Literature of the United States (cross-listed with ETHN 70)
122 Film, Gender and Sexuality (cross-listed with GNSX 134)
122AW Film, Gender and Sexuality 
132 19th-Century American Literature
132G Studies in 19th-Century American Literature (cross-listed with GNSX 164)
135 African American Literature (cross-listed with ETHN 130)
135G Studies in American Fiction 
136 Latino/a Literature and Cultural Studies (cross-listed with ETHN 124)
137 Native American Literature (cross-listed with ETHN 111)
137G Native American Literature (cross-listed as GNSX 110)
138 Asian-American Literature (cross-listed with ETHN 145)
169 Women, Literature, and Theory (cross-listed with GNSX 166)
169A Women, Literature and Theory: Race, Sex and Gender (cross-listed with GNSX 166)
190 Senior Seminar (topic Exploring Cultural Identities only)
Ethnic Studies (ETHN)
5 Introduction to the Study of Race and Ethnicity in the United States 
10 Introduction to Indigenous/Native American Studies 
13 Indigenous Horror: Film & Fiction 
12 Native Spiritual Traditions 
20 Introduction to Latina/Latino Studies 
21 Chicana/Chicano Literature (cross-listed with ENGL 36)
30 Introduction to African American Studies 
31 Introduction to African American Art (cross-listed with ARTH 46)
35 African American Women Writers (cross-listed with ENGL 35G and GNSX 14)
36​ African American Literature (cross-listed with ENGL 35)
40 Introduction to Asian American Studies 
41 Asian-American Literature (cross-listed with ENGL 38)
50 Introduction to Filipino American Studies 
51 Introduction to the South Asian Experience in the US 
55 Cross-Racial Electoral Politics (cross-listed with POLI 55)
70 Multicultural Literature of the United States (cross-listed with ENGL 39)
95 African American Independent Filmmakers 
96 Race, Class, and Culture Through Film 
111 Native American Literature (cross-listed with ENGL 137)
112 Native Peoples of the United States and Mexico 
120 Mexican Immigration to the United States
121 Chicana/Chicano Families and Gender Roles 
122 Chicana/Chicano Communities 
124 Latino/a Literature and Cultural Studies (cross-listed with ENGL 136)
125 Latinas/os in the United States 
127 Race and Mass Incarceration 
130 Black Political Thought in Action 
130 African-American Literature (cross-listed with ENGL 135)
132 The History of Hip Hop (cross-listed with MUSC 132)
134 Black Social Movements 
136 African Americans & Photography
137 African-American Pursuit of Freedom: By the Ballot or the Bullet, by Bible or the Gun (cross-listed with HIST 155)
138​ Black Migration in the World (cross-listed with HIST 157)
139 African American Psychology
140 Japanese Americans & Concentration Camps
141 Asian American Women 
142 Asian American Communities 
145 Asian-American Literature (cross-listed with ENGL 138)
149 Civil Rights and Anti-Colonial Movements (cross-listed with HIST 153)
151 Education Inequality, Racism and Resistance 
152 Multi-Racial Identities
153 Minority Politics in the United States (cross-listed with POLI 153)
154 Women of Color in U.S. (cross-listed with GNSX 112)
154A Intersectionality: Principles & Praxis (cross-listed with GNSX 125 and SOCI 126)
155 Racism in the United States 
156 Environmental Racism, Gender, & Justice (cross-listed with GNSX 113)
157 Race, Gender, Class and the College Experience (cross-listed with GNSX 114)
158 Race, Gender & Politics in the News 
159 Historical Perspectives in Hip Hop Culture 
164 Popular Music, Race and American Culture (cross-listed with MUSC 134)
166 Race & Religion in U.S. 
167 Race and Inequality 
178 Race and World War II (cross-listed with HIST 178)
185 Senior Seminar in Racial/Ethnic Politics (cross-listed with POLI 195DW)
188 Seminar-CivlRghtAntColnialMvmt (cross-listed with ETHN 149/HIST 153)
190 Special Topics: Ethnic Studies 
French (FREN)
173 Immigration, Race, & Identity in Contemporary France
Gender and Sexuality Studies (GNSX)
14 African American Women Writers (cross-listed with ENGL 35G & ETHN 35)
16 Multicultural Literature of the US 
110 Native American Literature (cross-listed with ENGL 137G)
111 Asian American Women (cross-listed with ETHN 141)
112 Women of Color in U.S.(cross-listed with ETHN 154)
113 Environmental Racism, Gender, & Justice (cross-listed with ETHN 156)
114 Race, Gender, Class & The College Experience (cross-listed with ETHN 157)
115 Race, Class, and Gender in the United States (cross-listed with SOCI 153)
125 Intersectionality: Principles & Praxis (cross-listed with SOCI 126 and ETHN 154A)
131 Race, Class, Gender, and Public Health (cross-listed with PHSC 125)
134​ Film, Gender and Sexuality (cross-listed as ENGL 122)
134AW Film, Gender and Sexuality 
138 Gays and Lesbians in United States History (cross-listed with HIST 177)
152 Mexican Popular Catholicism and Gender (cross-listed with RSOC 139)
164 Studies in 19th-Century American Literature (cross-listed with ENGL 132G)
166 Women, Literature, and Theory (cross-listed with ENGL 169/A)
169 Revolutions in Sex, Race & Rights (cross-listed with HIST 115)
History (HIST)
40 Biography and Autobiography in the African Experience: Exploring African Lives and Writing (cross-listed with HIST 140)
63 Mexican Migration to the U.S. 
64 Central America 
71/171 The New Nation: U.S. From Hamilton to Jackson 
72B/172B Reconstruction through Progressive Era 
86B Silicon Valley Histories 
91 Africa in World History 
115 Revolutions in Sex, Race & Rights (cross-listed with GNSX 169)
119 Gender, Sexuality & Social Movements in the 20th U.S. 
140 Biography and Autobiography in the African Experience: Exploring African Lives and Writing (cross-listed with HIST 40)
153 Civil Rights and Anti-Colonial Movements (cross-listed with ETHN 149)
155 African-American Pursuit of Freedom: By the Ballot or the Bullet, by Bible or the Gun (cross-listed with ETHN 137)
157​ Black Migration in the World (cross-listed with ETHN 138)
158 Turmoil and Reform: U.S. 1877-1920 
161 Modern Mexico 
163 Cuba and the Caribbean 
177 Gays & Lesbians in United States History(cross-listed with GNSX 138)
178 Race and World War II (cross-listed with ETHN 178)
189 American Metropolis: Urban History of the US 
LEAD (LEAD)
10 Difficult Dialogues
Music Studies (MUSC)
132 The History of Hip-Hop (cross-listed with ETHN 132)
134 Popular Music, Race, and American Culture (cross-listed with ETHN 164)
Philosophy (PHIL)
33/H Ethics and Race 
186 Philosophy of Race 
Political Science (POLI)
55 Cross-Racial Electoral Politics (cross-listed with ETHN 55)
153 Minority Politics in the US (cross-listed with ETHN 153)
166 California Politics 
195DW Seminar in U.S. Politics (cross-listed with ETHN 185)
Public Health (PHSC)
125 Race, Class, Gender, and Public Health (cross-listed with GNSX 131)
Religion, Theology, and Culture
Religion and Society (RSOC)
91 Native Spiritual Traditions 
139 Mexican Popular Catholicism and Gender (cross-listed with GNSX 152)
164 Religion ,Race and Ethnicity in America 
184 Race and Religion in the United States 
Theology, Ethics, and Spirituality (TESP)
64 Environmental Justice in Catholic Imagination 
158 Immigration and Ethics 
165 Romero and the Salvadoran Martyrs 
184 Jesus Across Cultures 
Sociology (SOCI)
33 Social Problems in the United States 
126 Intersectionality: Principles & Praxis (cross-listed with GNSX 125 and ETHN 154A)
132 Inequality and the American Dream 
141 Climate Justice 
143 Spirituality in Diversified Societies 
148 Stakeholder Diversity Issues in Contemporary American Organizations
153 Race, Class, and Gender in the United States(cross-listed with GNSX 115)
165 Human Services
175 Race and Inequality