EGS142 — Asian American Roots
EGS 142 - Asian American Roots EGS 142 - Asian American Roots 5 Credits An interdisciplinary examination of the shared and uneven histories of Asian American migration, settlement, and struggles for social justice from 1850s through WWII using comparative race/ethnic and intersectional frameworks. Course Note Previously CGG 205 and DGS 140. Fees Quarters Typically all Day Designed to Serve All students. Meets the Social Science Area I and Diversity and Globalism degree requirements. Active Date 20200330T21:14:09 Grading Basis Decimal Grade Class Limit 35 Lecture 55 Total Degree Distributions: AA Diversity & Globalism Social Science Area I Course Outline Introduction to the frameworks of Asian American studies (ethnicity, racial formation, settler colonialism, and intersectionality) Arrival and exclusion (labor, migration, anti-Asian violence, and exclusion of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, and South Asians) Survival and resistance (family formation, work lives, resisting sexual and economic exploitation, struggles for civil rights, homeland independence) Forced removal and mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII Struggles for equal rights and belonging during WWII Student Learning