Course Catalog Information (24-25)
ASAM 11
Asian Americans and Racism
Course Description
This ethnic studies course focuses on the status and experiences of Asian Americans in U.S. history and in contemporary times to analyze the concept of race, processes of racialization, theories of racism, forms of racial subordination, and the practices of anti-racism. Using a framework of racial relationality, the course explores the dynamics of anti-blackness and white dominance in the imaginative and institutional formations of Asian America. Key themes include labor and global capitalism, Orientalism and imperialism, immigration and exclusion, gender and sexuality, citizenship and nation, "good"/"bad" minorities, and assimilationist thinking.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Analyze and articulate the concepts of race, racialization, racism, and anti-racism in relation to class, gender, sexuality, religion, national origin, immigrant status, citizenship, and/or language as assessed by Asian American Studies through contemporary case studies involving Asian Americans.
- Describe and actively engage with an anti-racist issue, practice, and/or movement through community involvement and/or participant observation, and primary and secondary source research to critically review the structural conditions, the possibilities, and the constraints of Asian Americanist struggle for a just and equitable society.
Course Details
- Units
- 4 Units
- Hours
- Weekly Lecture Hours: 4
- Weekly Lab Hours: 0
- Gen Ed
- General Education Class
- Program Status
- Program Applicable
- Credit
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Transferability
- Transferable to both UC and CSU
- Grading Method
- Letter Grading
Requisite and Advisory
- Advisory(ies)
- EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5
- Prerequisite(s)
- Corequisite(s)
Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills
- Limitation(s) on Enrollment
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