PART 1: POLITICS OF ETHNICITY
Week 1:
Monday 1/7: Introduction to Course
Wednesday 1/9: Defining Terminology and Concepts
David Gutiérrez’s Walls and Mirrors, Introduction (1-11)
Rosaura Sanchez and Beatrice Pita’s “Theses on the Latino Bloc: A Critical Perspective” (PDF Download)
Week 2:
Monday 1/14: Gutiérrez’s Walls and Mirrors, Chapters 1 & 2 (13-68)
Discussion on Thesis #1 & 2
Wednesday 1/16: Gutiérrez’s Walls and Mirrors, Chapters 3 (69-116)
Week 3:
Monday 1/21: NO CLASS—MLK Jr. Holiday----
Wednesday 1/23: Gutiérrez’s Walls and Mirrors, Chapter 4 (117-151)
Video: Los Braceros
Week 4:
Monday 1/28: Gutiérrez’s Walls and Mirrors, Ch. 5 (152-178)
Wednesday 1/30: Gutiérrez’s Walls and Mirrors, Ch.6 (179-205) VIDEO: Excerpt of Chicano Movement
Week 5:
Monday 2/4: Gutiérrez’s Walls and Mirrors, Epilogue & Discussion of book's main points in relation to "Latino Bloc" thesis #6
PART II: LATINO NON-ELECTORAL POLITICS
Wednesday 2/6: Bedolla’s Fluid Borders, Chapter 1 (1-25)
VIDEO: Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary
Week 6:
Monday 2/11: Bedolla’s Fluid Borders, Chapter 2 & 3(26-60)
Discussion on Thesis #4
Wednesday 2/13: NO CLASS
Week 7:
Monday 2/18 NO CLASS ---President’s Day----
Wednesday 2/20 Bedolla’s Fluid Borders, Chapter 4 (100-136)
Week 8:
Monday 2/25 Bedolla’s Fluid Borders, Chapter 5 (137-174)
Wednesday 2/27 Bedolla’s Fluid Borders, Conclusion (175-192)
VIDEO: Power, Politics and Latinos
Discussion of Thesis #3, 4, 8
DISTRIBUTE MIDTERM EXAM
Week 9:
Monday 3/3: Big City vs. Small-Town Politics
Robert Dash and Robert Hawkinson “Mexicans and ‘Business asUsual’: Small Town Politics in Oregon” (PDF Download)
Discussion on Thesis #7
PART III: LATINO POPULATION ≠ POLITICAL POWER
Wednesday 3/5 Sánchez’s Boricua Power, Introduction and
Chapter 1 (1-52)
MIDTERM EXAM DUE
Week 10: SPRING BREAK (3/10-3/14)
Week 11:
Monday 3/17 Sánchez’s Boricua Power, Chapter 2 (53-95)
Wednesday 3/19 Sánchez’s Boricua Power,Chapter 3 (96-128)
Week 12:
Monday 3/24 Sánchez’s Boricua Power Chapter 4 (129-170)
VIDEO: Palante, Siempre Palente!
Wednesday 3/26 Sánchez’s Boricua Power Chapter 5
Week 13:
Monday 3/31 Sanchez, Boricua Power, Conclusion
PART IV: LATINO IMMIGRANT POLITICS
Wednesday 4/2 Jones-Correa’s Between Two Nations, Intro. Chapters 1-3
Discussion of Thesis #9
Week 14:
Monday 4/7 Jones-Correa’s Between Two Nations, Chapter 4 & 5
Wednesday 4/9 Jones-Correa’s Between Two Nations, Chps. 6 & 7 VIDEO: The Sixth Section
Week 15:
Monday 4/14 Jones-Correa’s Between Two Nations, Chapter 8
Wednesday 4/16 Jones-Correa’s Between Two Nations, Chapter 9
Discussion of Thesis #10
Week 16:
Monday 4/21 Jones-Correa’s Between Two Nations, Chapter 10 Discussion of Thesis #11
Wednesday 4/23 Class Review and Course Evaluations
LATINO BLOC PRESENTATION
DISTRIBUTE FINAL EXAM
FINAL EXAM DUE
Thursday May 1st by 5pm