| | This course presents an interdisciplinary study of traditionally marginalized populations in the United States through a social justice pedagogy and perspective. Students will investigate, analyze, and evaluate how constructs of race, class, gender, and sexuality intersect with notions of power and privilege to impact marginalized communities,
and then examine how those communities struggle toward self-determination and social justice in the United States. Through critical readings of United States history from the perspectives of workers, enslaved populations, migrant populations including European immigrants, LGBTQIA persons, women, Indigenous populations of the Western hemisphere, Chicanx, Latinx, African Americans, Asian Americans and others not often included in traditional curriculum, students will examine the collective actions taken by students, communities, grassroots organizations, movements and progressive individuals who have worked within current systems to create equitable educational spaces and advocate for justice. Students will learn how to investigate the dynamics of power and privilege, and to foster critical consciousness and social engagement within and beyond their local communities. |