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) |
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| 137 Arabic Culture and Identity |
| 185 The Arab American Experience |
| Child Studies (CHST) |
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| 12 Qualitative Res Methods & Stats in Child Studies |
| 106 Urban Education and Multiculturalism |
| Classics (CLAS) |
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| 190 Mythical Marginalized Figures |
| Communication (COMM) |
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| 116 Intercultural Communication |
| 187 Media and Social Movements |
| English (ENGL) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 173 Immigration, Race, & Identity in Contemporary France |
| Gender and Sexuality Studies (GNSX) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 10 Difficult Dialogues |
| Music Studies (MUSC) |
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| 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) |
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| 33/H Ethics and Race |
| 186 Philosophy of Race |
| Political Science (POLI) |
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| 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) |
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| 125 Race, Class, Gender, and Public Health (cross-listed with GNSX 131) |
| Religion, Theology, and Culture |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |