SOC 374 RACE BEYOND BLACK AND WHITE: ASIAN, HISPANIC-LATINX AND MULTIRACIAL AMERICA
Asian American, Hispanic-Latinx, and multiracial populations are reshaping the United States. This half semester, 2-credit course investigates the current issues, identities, histories, and prospects of these groups, along with the way these racial “others” are changing a race system previously defined by a rigid white/black binary. Topics addressed may include immigration; discrimination; xenophobia and nationalism; links between race, nativity, and cultural difference; popular culture; variation by national origin (e.g. Indian American vs. Chinese American experiences); the meaning of multiraciality; and debates around the idea of Asian American success. This course is open to all students, but having previously taken at least one course (in any field) with a significant component on race is highly recommended.