Filipina/x/o American Experience

Catalog description

Students will be introduced to race and racialization, ethnicity, White supremacy, settler colonialism, and imperialism as they are relevant to Filipina/x/o American communities. Through an Ethnic Studies framework of decolonization that emphasizes community-produced theory and knowledge, students will compare Filipina/x/o American and Asian American experiences. Emphasis will be placed on the role of cultural expression in movements seeking social justice, liberation, self-determination, and sovereignty for Asian American and Filipina/x/o American communities.