Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in ETHN 100H.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3 hours.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course provides a comparative and interdisciplinary exploration of historical connections among race, ethnicity, class, religion, sexuality, and gender inequality. It introduces significant theories, philosophies, concepts, issues, and social movements related to racial and social justice and liberation in the US. Students examine diverse perspectives on empowerment, identity, equity, self-determination, agency, and anti-racism within contemporary American society as well as the effects of institutional racism and marginalization on the African American, Native American, Asian American, and Latinx/Chicanx racial and ethnic groups.