LAS 242 - Race, Power, and Latinidad

The media, organizations, pundits, and scholars alike have pointed to a fundamental demographic transformation: the “browning of America.” The U.S. Census Bureau projects that by the 2040s non-Hispanic whites will no longer be the majority. By 2060, the Latinx population-the largest ethnoracial group-will represent nearly a third of the U.S. population. This course examines the past, present, and future of this majority-minority and its Latinx ethnoracial politics.  

Drawing on sociological theories of race and racism, this course analyzes the sociohistorical, political, and discursive formation of Latinidad. Our focus will be nationally in the U.S., hemispherically across the Americas, and globally in the making of modernity. We explore the promise and limits of Latinidad as a signifier, category, and identity of Latinx subjectivities.

Satisfies Latin American studies major and minor requirement.
Satisfies Sociology major requirement.
Satisfies Social-Scientific Thought requirement.
Satisfies Justice, Equality, and Community requirement.