Asian Americans and the Racial State

This seminar is animated by the resurgence of anti-Asian hatred in American society. First, we look at the long history of racial violence against Asians in America. Second, we ask how Asians have come to be racialized as the permanent alien in American society and the implications of that formation. Second, we ask how Asians in America have organized their resistances to this racialization. This is a collaborative project based course that combines discussions of readings, lectures and videos with workshops that will focus on building a publicly facing project.