PRLS 3215 Racialization of Mexicans: Conquest and Resistance

(Prior to Fall 2010, this course was known as PR&LS 23.
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3 hours; 3 credits

U.S. Southwest annexation. Historical antecedents including Spanish colonialism, Mexico?s independence, and War with Mexico. Migration, entrepreneurship, labor exploitation, segregation, and deportation. U.S./Mexican drug wars. Communities in 21st century. Chicano movement and identity formation. Racialization. Civil rights, politics and culture. Demographic expansion throughout U.S. Intra-group and inter-group race relations, gender, class dynamics.

Prerequisite: Puerto Rican and Latino Studies 1001 or Puerto Rican and Latino Studies 3203 or Puerto Rican and Latino Studies 3105 or English 1010.

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