RACIAL FORMATION AND WHITENESS
Examines the construction of whiteness in the United States from the colonial period to the present with an eye to the ways in which Chicanx Latinx communities have engaged with whiteness. Learn and apply a variety of relevant racial theories to historical cases, exploring the process of racialization through specific racial projects in time and space. Evaluate theories about identity, citizenship, and justice that influence contemporary anti-racist praxis and develop writing skills through essays that take positions on debates within Chicanx Latinx studies.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe processes of racial formation in the United States from the colonial period to the present. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Discuss historical, economic, and political forces behind the social construction and maintenance of whiteness in the United States. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze Chicanx & Latinx identity in the United States in relation to processes of racialization and the construct of whiteness. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Students will learn and apply various racial theories to concrete cases from the history of the United States and to their own lives. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Develop written, spoken, and graphic communication and argumentation skills. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe processes of racial formation in the United States from the colonial period to the present. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Discuss historical, economic, and political forces behind the social construction and maintenance of whiteness in the United States. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze Chicanx & Latinx identity in the United States in relation to processes of racialization and the construct of whiteness. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Students will learn and apply various racial theories to concrete cases from the history of the United States and to their own lives. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Develop written, spoken, and graphic communication and argumentation skills. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027