| Course Title: Race in America: Inequality, Immigration, and Other Issues |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: From the Black Lives Matter movement to debates about immigration and a color-blind America, race and ethnicity are at the forefront of contemporary public discourse. In this course students will be introduced to the various sociological perspectives and theoretical frameworks used to understand racial and ethnic relations in the United States. We will discuss the dynamics of individual racial and ethnic groups including African Americans, Latino Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and White Americans. We will also examine what the concepts of race and ethnicity mean and how they affect various aspects of American society. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , MP - Multicultural Perspectives |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Patricia Banks | pbanks@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 11:00AM - 12:15PM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 216 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| AFCNA0001 | AFCNA: Africana Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor. |
| AFCNA0001 | AFCNA: Africana Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 28 | Enrollment: 21 | Available: 7 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Replenished Ethnicity: Mexican Americans, Immigration, and Identity Author: Jimenez, Tomas Copyright: 2009 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: University of California Press |
Required | 29.95 |
| Title: Blue-Chip Black: Race, Class, and Status in the New Black Middle Class Author: Karyn R., Lacy Copyright: 2007 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: University of California Press |
Required | 34.95 |
| Title: Forever Foreigners or Honorary Whites?: The Asian Ethnic Experience Today Author: Tuan, Mia Copyright: 1999 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Rutgers University Press |
Required | 26.66 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: Please note that the Jimenez and Lacy texts are also available through the Mount Holyoke College Library as e-books. |