ETHN 0014. Introduction to Asian American Studies
Units: 3
Hours: 54 lecture
Introduces students to Ethnic Studies and the diverse, institutional, cultural, and historical issues and experiences relating to the past and present life circumstances and intersectional identities of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. (CSU, UC)
ETHN 0014 - Introduction to Asian American Studies
http://catalog.sierracollege.edu/course-outlines/ethn-0014/
Catalog Description DESCRIPTION IS HERE: Hours: 54 lecture Description: Introduces students to Ethnic Studies and the diverse, institutional, cultural, and historical issues and experiences relating to the past and present life circumstances and intersectional identities of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. (CSU, UC) Units 3 Lecture-Discussion 54 Laboratory By Arrangement Contact Hours 54 Outside of Class Hours Course Student Learning Outcomes Identify the key contributions of the Asian Americans in the local community and describe their history, experiences and culture. Identify and explain the social, political, and cultural contributions of Asian American peoples to the United States of America. Investigate major political, economic and social change in the United States with emphasis on the intersections of race, class, and gender relative to the diverse and unique Asian American communities. Course Content Outline Introduction to Asian American Studies 1.Background and Histories - race and racialization, ethnicity and ethnocentrism, social justice and equity, (de/neo/anti-)colonization/colonialism, self-determination and sovereignty, resistance to Eurocentrism, Orientalism, Judeo-Christian supremacy, and white supremacy, and other racially constructed power structures as conceptual contexts for studying Asian American histories and current issues. a. Chinese Americans and anti-Asian sentiment; e.g., 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, railroad workers and labor exploitation, Angel Island Immigration Station. b. Japanese Americans and anti-Japanese sentiment: 1913 Alien Land Laws, WWII internment, agricultural labor and resistance. c. Filipinx Americans and U.S. colonization (1898-1945), WWII and its legacies, United Farm Workers movement and solidarity with Mexican American and Native American workers. d. Korean American historical contexts: Japanese colonialism, comfort women, Sa-i-gu (1992 L.A. riots). e. Historical and cultural circumstances of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders: illegal overthrow of Hawaiian royalty and forced annexation of Hawaii, Native Hawaiian sovereignty, resistance of water protectors against U.S. colonization and environmental destruction in Guam, Chamorro, and other Pacific Islands f. Southeast Asian American contexts: U.S. neocolonialism and the Vietnam War, U.S. refugee settlement policies, refugee camps. g. South Asian American histories: Punjabi farmers in California, Ghadar Party, post-9/11 racial profiling and illegal detention, anti-Muslim vigilante violence. 2. Asian American Theory, Knowledge, and Practices - relevant theory produced by and about Asian American communities the intersectionality of Asian American lived experiences along various vectors of identity, including race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, socioeconomic class and labor, national origin, mixed heritages, religion/spirituality, generation, and ability; including, but not limited to: a. Politics of gender and sexuality, gender and queer theories; b. Labor and socioeconomic class, Marxian theory; c. Hegemony; d. Multiethnic and transnational identities, acculturation, connections to the "homeland"; postcolonial theories; e. Language and linguistic topics, including Asian American literary narratives and their devices, non- or non-"traditional" English language narratives; f. Religious contexts, including anti-Muslim violence and religious discrimination; g. Orientalism; h. Racial triangulation as "Model Minority" & perpetual foreigner. 3. Asian American Identities and Intersectionality - intersectionality of race and ethnicity with other forms of difference affected by hierarchy and oppression, such as: class, gender, sexuality, national origin, ability, language, and age. A. Race, ethnicity, racialization and racism as they relate to immigration, labor exploitation, racial triangulation, transnationalism, eurocentrism, U.S. imperialism, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander sovereignty, structural inequalities and equity in Asian American communities and Asian American identities. B. Asian American as a category constructed in response to legal and social exclusion including the origins of racism, orientalism, refugee, model minority, xenophobia, racist nativism, and settler colonialism. a. Imperialism b. Assimilation c. Pacific Islander d. Sovereignty e. Coolie f. Ethnic Enclave g. Generations (Issei / Nisei / Sansei) / 1.5 h. Globalization / Transnationalism i. Model Minority j. Yellow Peril k. Refugee l. Racial Triangulation m. Racist Nativism n. Xenophobia 4. Asian American Leadership within Social and Political Solidarity Movements. - Asian American social and political activism, resistance to white supremacy, racialization, and solidarity, from early immigration to the present, including current Asian American social justice issues and possibilities for change, are relevant to current and structural issues such as communal, national, international, and transnational politics. a. Labor movements; e.g., Chinese, Japanese, and Filipinx farmworkers’ labor activism (formation of and participation in United Farm Workers). b. 1968 San Francisco State student strikes, Third World Liberation Front, and the establishment of Ethnic Studies programs in California. c. Asian American movement d. Yellow Power e. Asians4BlackLives Matter f. Grace Lee Boggs g. Yuri Kochiyama h. Asian American Prisoner Support Committee and prison abolition movement 5. Impact of U.S. Law/Government Actions on Asian American Families and Communities - U.S. governmental actions, law, and policies, and their impacts on Asian Americans past and present; including, but not limited to: a. Immigration legislation; e.g., 1875 Page Act, Chinese Exclusion Act(s) (1880ff), McCarran Walter Act (1952), 1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act, post-9/11 immigration policy, 2017 Executive Order 13769 - the Muslim Ban; b. History of citizenship and naturalization rights (e.g., United States v Wong Kim Ark (1898), Takao Ozawa v. United States (1922), United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind (1923); c. Asiatic Barred Zone (1917); d. Illegal overthrow of Hawaiian kingdom & Native Hawaiian sovereignty e. U.S. policy history regarding undocumented Asian Americans; f. U.S. colonial and neocolonial intrusions abroad (the Philippines, Southeast Asia), postcolonial analysis; g. Secret War in Laos and Cambodia/CIA Interventionism. 6. Asian American cultural productions & contributions to U.S. culture. Representations of race and race-related issues in mainstream press and social media as they relate to Asian American communities in the U.S. Contributions towards Asian American communities. A. Representations of race and race-related issues in mainstream press and social media as they relate to Asian American communities in the U.S., to evaluate the application of anti-racist and anti-colonialist theory. B. Contributions of Asian American artists in American visual, music, film, and theater as a mechanism for cultural expression, activism, de-colonization, healing and futurism. Key figures in the Asian American Arts including but not limited to Chris IIjima and Nobuko Miyamoto (A Grain of Sand LP), Asian American jazz movement, AAPI influence in Hip Hop culture, AAPI influence in Disney/Marvel, East West Players. C. Key socio-political activist organizations who are currently furthering the fight for Asian American Pacific Islander human rights locally in Sacramento County, in the U.S., and/or operating in solidarity with nations impacted by U.S. imperialism abroad including but not limited to : Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Asian American Liberation Network, Hmong Innovating Politics, Asians4BlackLives Matter Sacramento, STOP AAPI Hate, Anakbayan USA, KHAAG Anti-Deportation Group, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, Protect Mauna Kea and National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA). a. Anti-Racist b. Anti-Colonial c. De-Colonize d. Anti-Imperialist e. Sovereignty Movement f. Healing g. futurism h. Activism i. Arts Activism j. Asian American Jazz Movement k. Asian American Hip Hop / Raptivism l. Solidarity m. Resistance n. Collective Action o. Media Representation p. Asian Americans Advancing Justice q. STOP AAPI Hate r. Anakbayan USA s. KHAAG Anti-Deportation Group t. National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum u. Protect Mauna Kea v. National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) 7. Asian American Self-Determination and Contemporary Issues. Issues impacting contemporary Asian Americans, and the relationship between these issues and historical legacies now present in America. A. Contemporary anti-racist movements such as prison abolition and addressing anti-Blackness within Asian American communities (Asians4BlackLivesMatter, Asian Prisoner Support Committee), reproductive justice (AAPI Women Lead, National Asian Pacific American Womens Forum), and xenophobia and racism (Stop AAPI Hate) to build a just and equitable society beyond the classroom. B. Asian American self-determination intellectual traditions and resistance movements related to structural inequalities including but not limited to: economic exclusion, disempowerment, and inheritable wealth. C. Academic, economic, and systematic challenges faced by the discipline of Asian American Studies, to study anti-racist practices and movements to encourage and facilitate commitment to establishing a just and equitable society beyond the classroom. a. Equity b. Self-determination c. Resistance d. Economic exclusion e. Disempowerment f. Inheritable wealth g. Anti-Racist h. Anti-Racism Course Objectives Course Objectives 1. Analyze and articulate concepts of Ethnic Studies, including but not limited to race and ethnicity, racialization, equity, eurocentrism, white supremacy, self determination, liberation, decolonization, and anti-racism. 2. Apply theory and knowledge produced by Asian American communities to describe critical events in the histories, cultures, and intellectual traditions with special focus on the lived-experiences and social struggles of Asian Americans. 3. Discuss the social, cultural and structural conditions that compelled the Asian American social movements of collective action and organizations in the United States. 4. Critically analyze how struggle, resistance, racial and social justice, solidarity, and liberation, as experienced by Asian Americans, are relevant to current and structural issues such as communal, national, international, and transnational policies (immigration). 5. Demonstrate active engagement with anti-racist issues, practices and movements to build a diverse, just and equitable society beyond the classroom and list and describe contemporary social issues facing Asian Americans in the U.S. Methods of Evaluation Essay Examinations Reports Reading Assignments 1. Students will read “Neither Black Nor White” by Angelo Ancheta from the book Asian American Studies Now and answer questions about identity and submit an outline about Anti-Asian violence as expressed in the reading. 2. Students will use the internet to research articles and explore and present their findings in a class discussion about the intersectional diversity of culture within the Asian American community. Writing, Problem Solving or Performance 1. Students will submit a written essay of their research results and compare and contrast to their personal life experiences. 2. After viewing the "Asian Americans" series, students will identify and describe the relationship between Asian American imagery and media representations. Other (Term projects, research papers, portfolios, etc.) Field Trip to the Crocker Art Museum or other local museum to view and learn about historical and contemporary Asian Art and Artists. Students will do a short presentation to the class about their experience, choosing two pieces of art to share with the class and discussing the importance of the art and artist. Students will relate the concept of the art and/or the background of the artist with the course content. For example, if the artist is Punjabi, how does their art reflect the experiences that they have learned about Punjabi farmers? Methods of Instruction Lecture/Discussion Distance Learning Other materials and-or supplies required of students that contribute to the cost of the course.
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