2022 Fall

SOCIOL 131AC 001 - LEC 001

Race and Ethnic Relations: U.S. American Cultures

Laleh Behbehanian, James G Lamb

Aug 24, 2022 - Dec 09, 2022

Tu, Th

05:00 pm - 06:29 pm

Social Sciences Building 20

Class #:25484

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Sociology

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: -2

Enrolled: 67

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 65

Waitlist Max: 0

Open Reserved Seats:

4 reserved for Sociology Majors

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 9 to 7 hours of outside work hours per week, and 0 to 2 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

Other classes by Laleh Behbehanian

Course focuses on race and ethnic relations in the United States. Examination of historical experiences, contemporary circumstances, and future prospects of racial and ethnic populations with particular attention to trends in relations between the dominant society and the African American, Native American, Asian American, and Latino subcultures. Political and social consequences of racial and ethnic stratification are explored.

Class Description

Racemaking & Resistance: This course provides an introduction to a wide range of scholarship on race and ethnicity. We trace the sociohistorical construction of race in the United States from the colonial to contemporary period, particularly in relation to slavery, settler colonialism and immigration enforcement. In addition to these approaches that emphasize the construction of race through externally imposed forces, we explore how racial and ethnic identities are also forged through collective practices of resistance, solidarity, and community.

Class Notes

All Sociology upper division course seats are reserved for declared Sociology majors ONLY. In phase II (7/18/22), we will open up seating to accommodate most majors.