Week 1 - Introductions and Overviews
Jan 31 - Introduction of Issues and Overview of Objectives
* Read  Bonilla, et.al. "Preface" ix; "Dependence or Interdependence: Issues and Policy Choices Facing Latin Americans and Latinos" p. 1; and Castillo-Speed, "Introduction" p. 17.
Feb 2 - Americanos
* Read Darder & Torres, "Introduction: Latinos and Society: Cultura, Politics, and Class" p. 3; and Delgado & Stefancic, "Introduction" xvii.
Feb 4 - Critically discuss video and readings in small groups.
* Last day to request refund on complete withdrawal from Univ. for non-residents.
* Read " SFSU"s La Raza Studies Paradigm: A Multidimensional Model
(http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~josecuel/paradigm.htm)

Week 2 - La Raza Studies Paradigms and Perspectives, Methods and Models
Feb 7 - Introduction to La Raza Studies Paradigm and Your Enemies of Knowledge
* Read "A History of SFSU's La Raza Studies
(http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~josecuel/a_history.htm)
Feb 9 - Methods and Models in La Raza Studies: An Overview
* Read:  Castillo-Speed, PART I: THE PAST WE BRING WITH US; Ana Castillo, "My Mother's Mexico" 25; Alicia Gaspar de Alba, "Facing The Mariachis" 37; Sandra Benîtez, From A Place Where The Sea Remembers. 49; Christina Garcia, "Lourdes Puente" 57; Aurora Levins Morales, "Puertoricanness." 69; Pat Mora, "Remembering Lobo" 73; Patricia Preciado Martin Tierra a Tierra." 78; Patricia Blanco, "Rosario Magdaleno" 89; Kathleen Ann Gonzãlez "That Was Living" 96; Arlene Maestas, "How Pancho Was Nearly Late to His Own Funeral" 107.
Feb 11- Small group discussion of readings.
* This  is the last day to add class by Touch Tone with permit numbers, and last day to pay fees.
* Read - Delgado & Stefancic: PART I: THE SHAPE OF THE LATINO GROUP: WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ANYWAY?  Suzann Oboler, "Hispanics? That's What They Call Us." 3; Earl Shorris, "Welcome to the Old World" 6; Ian F. Henry Lopez, "Chance, Context, and Choice in the Social Construction of Race" 9; Leslie G. Espinoza, "Latino/a Identity and Multi-identity: Community and Culture" 17; Berta Esperanza Hernandez-Truyol, "Building Bridges: Latinas and Latinos at the Crossroads" 24; Ilan Stavans, "Life in the Hyphen" 32; Maragaret E. Montoya, "Masks and Identity" 37; Alex M. Saragoza, Concepción R. Juarez, Abel Valenzuela, Jr., and Oscar Gonzalez, "Who Counts?  Title VII and the Hispanic Classification" 44; Luis Angel Toro, "Race, Identity, and 'Box Checking'"  The Hispanic classification in OMB Directive No. 15" 52; Angel R. Oquendo, "Re-imagining the Latino/a Race" 60; From the Editors: Issues and Comments; Suggested Readings 72.
* Abstract first article.
* Make notes for your reflexive autobiography titled "The Past I Bring to La Raza Studies."

Week 3 - La Raza Pasts and Presents
Feb 14 - ¿Quienes  Somos?
* Submit first abstract
* Read Delgado & Stefancic: PART II: CONQUEST AND IMMIGRATION: HOW WE GOT (GET) HERE 75; Gilbert Paul Carrasco, "Latinos in the United States: Invitation and Exile" 77; Rodolfo Acuna, "Greasers Go Home: Mexican Immigration, the 1920s" 86; Gerald P. Lopez, "How Much Responsibility Does the U.S. Bear for Undocumented Mexican Migration" 92; Linda S. Bosniak, "Undocumented Immigrants and the National Imagination" 99; Linda Chavez, "Hispanic children and Their Families" 106; Kevin R. Johnson, "Immigration Politics, Popular Democracy, and California's Proposition 187" 110; Ruben j. Garcia, "The Racial Politics of Proposition 187" 118; Berta Esperanza Hernandez-Truyol, "Natives and Newcomers" 125; Rachel F. Moran, "The Latino Challenge to Civil Rights and Immigration Policy in the 1990s and Beyond" 133; From the Editors: Issues and Comments; Suggested Readings 143.
Feb 16 - ¿De Donde Venemos y Donde Estamos?  La Raza in a Historical Perspective
* Read:  Darder & Torres, PART I: CULTURE, HISTORY, AND SOCIETY: A CONCEPTUAL MAP 27; Edna Acosta-Beles and Carlos E. Santiago, "Merging Borders: The Remapping of America" 29; Maria de los Angeles Torres, "Encuetros y Encontronazos: Homeland in the Politics and Identity of the Cuban Diaspora" 43; J. Jorge Klor de Alba, "Aztlan, Borinquen, and Hispanic Nationalism in the United States" 63; Gilbert Gonzalez and Raúl Fernández, "Chicano History: Transcending Cultural Models" 83; Rosaura Sanchez, "Mapping the Spanish Language along a Multiethnic and Multilingual Border" 101.
Feb 18 - Cultura, Historia & Sociedad: Un Plano Conceptual
* Abstract second article.
* Outline your five-page reflexive essay, The Past I Bring to La Raza Studies," using appropriate headings and subheadings.

Week 4 - Borderlands & Homelands, Identities & Histories, Nativos & Newcomers
Feb 21 - President's Day (no classes and all offices closed)
* Read Delgado & Stefancic: PART III: NATIVISM, RACISM, AND OUR SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION AS A "PROBELM" GROUP: HOW ONCE WE WERE HERE, WE WERE RACIALIZED BY THE DOMINANT CULTURE 147; Reginald Horsman, "Anglo-Saxons and Mexicans" 149; Ronald Takaki, "'Occupied' Mexico" 152; Arnoldo De Leon, "Initial Contacts: Niggers, Redskins, and Greasers" 158; Tomás Almaguer, "The Master Narrative of White Supremacy in California" 165; Rodolfo Acuña, "Occupied America" 171; George A. Martinez, "Mexicans and Whiteness" 175; Ian F. Haney López, "Race and Erasure: the Salience of Race in Latinos/as" 180; Carey McWilliams, "'The Mexican Problem'" 196; Kevin R. Johnson, "Citizens as 'Foreigners'" 198; From the Editors: Issues and Comments; Suggested Readings 202.
Feb 23 -  Americanos -- Natives and Newcomers Aqui Estamos, No Nos Vamos, Y Que!
* Read -  Darder & Torres, PART II: CULTURAL POLITICS AND BORDER ZONES: RECASTING RACIALIZED RELATIONS 127; Antonia Darder, "The Politics of Biculturalism: Culture and Differences in the Formation of Warriors from Gringostroika and The New Mestizas" 129; Roberto P. Rodriguez-Morazzani, "Beyond the Rainbows: Mapping the Discourse on Puerto Ricans and 'Race'." 143; Gloria, Anzaldúa, "Chicana Artists: Exploring Nepantla, el Lugar de la Frontera" 163; Rubén Martinez, "The Shock of the New" 170; Jorge Klor de Alba, Earl Shorris, and Cornel West, "Our Next Race Question: The Uneasiness between Blacks and Latinos." 180.
* Submit second abstract.
Feb 25 - Small group discussion of readings
* Abstract third article.
* Draft your essay "The Past I Bring to La Raza Studies."

Week 5 - Gringos, Negros, Redskins, Chinks and Wetback
Feb 28 - the Cultural Construction and Social Significancde of White Supremacy and Anti-Mojado Sentiments
This is the last day to drop classes from program without receiving a "W" grade.
* Read  Delgado & Stefancic, PART IV: RACIAL CONSTRUCTION AND DEMONIZATION IN MASS CULTURE: MEDIA TREATMENT AND STEREOTYPES 207; Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, "Racial Depiction in American Law and Culture" 209; Charles Ramirez Berg, "Bordertown: From Assimilation Narrative to Social 'Problem'" 215; David R. Maciel, "The Border According to Hollywood: The Three Caballeros, Pancho, and the Latin Señoritas" 223; Alicia Gaspar de Alba, "Born in East L.A.: An Exercise in Cultural Schizophrenia" 226; Elvira R. Arriola, "Lone Star and the Faces of Despair in INS Raids 230; Gerald P. Lopéz, "Big Time Players" 237; Luis Fraga et.al. "Still Looking for America: Beyond the Latino National Political Survey" 240; From the Editors: Issues and Comments; Suggested Readings 246.
Mar 1 - Mass Media Stereotypes and Cultural Archetypes
* Submit third article
March 3 - Small Group Discussion of Racismo, Politica & Cultura En La Frontera
* Read Castillo-Speed, PART II: OUR LANDS, OUR LIVES; Judith Ortiz Cofer, "Twist and Shout" 115; Helena María Viramontes, "Miss Clairol" 119; Julia Alvarez, "Snow" 126; Reid Gómez, From a Name for Cerolla" 129; Denise Chávez, "Grand Slam" 134; Lety Martinez González and Patricia Zárate, "Two Letters Home" 141; Sandra Cisneros, "Only Daughter" 156; Achy Obejas "Polaroids" 161; Linda Macía Feyder, "Marta del Angel" 171; Marisella Veiga, "Fresh Fruit" 179; Mary Helen Ponce "Just Dessert" 184; Monica Palacios "Personality Fabulosa" 199.
* Abstract fourth article.
* Revise your essay "The Past I Bring to La Raza Studies."

Week 6 - Oral Histories and Personal Narratives
March 6 - Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country
* Read - Delgado & Stefancic, PART V: COUNTERSTORIES: WE BEGIN TO TALK BACK AND 'NAME OUR OWN REALITY" 251; Michael A. Olivas, "My Grandfather's Stories and Immigration Law" 253; Richard Delgado, "Storytelling for Oppositionists and Others" 259; Gerald P. López, "Lay Lawyering" 271Margaret E. Montoya, "Masks and Resistance" 276; Richard Delgado and Vicky Palacios, "Mexican Americans as a Legally Cognizable Class" 284; Richard Delgado, "American Apocalypse" 291; From the Editors:  Issues and Comments; Suggested Readings 300.
March 8-  Ballad of an Unsung Hero.
* Submit fourth abstract
March 10 - Discussion regarding the Writing of Personal Narratives
* Read - Delgado & Stefancic, PART VI: REBELLIOUS LAWYERING AND RESISTANCE STRATEGIES: WE FIGHT BACK" 303; Gerald P. López, "The Idea of a Constitution in the Chicano Tradition" 305; Rodolfo Acuña, "Early Chicano Activism: Zoot Suits, Sleepy Lagoon, and the road to Delano" 309; Michael A. Olivas, "'Breaking the Law' on Principle" 320; Oscar "Zeta" Acosta, "Life in the Trenches" 332; Gerald P. López, "The Work We Know So Little About" 339; Margaret E. Montoya, "Revolutionary Art and Artists" 347; From the Editors:  Issues and Comments; Suggested Readings 349.
* Abstract fifth article.
* Finalize your essay "The Past I Bring to La Raza Studies."

Week 7 - La Raza and the Law
March 13 - La Raza and the Law.
* Submit fifth article.
* Read - Delgado & Stefancic, PART VII: REVISIONIST LAW: DOES THE LEGAL SYSTEM WORK FOR US?  353; George Martinez, "The Mexican-American Litigation Experience: 1930-1980" 355; Juan F. Perea, "The Black/White Binary Paradigm of Race" 359; Richard Delgado, "The Black/White Binary: How Does It Work?" 369; Kevin R. Johnson, "The Intersection of Immigration Status, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class" 376; Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol, "Bringing International Human Rights Home" 381; Martha Menchaca, "Chicano Indianism" 387; Richard Delgado,"Rodrigo's Chronicle" 396; Ian F. Haney López, "Choosing the Future" 404; Gerald P. López, "The Well-Defended Academic Identity" 408; From the Editors:  Issues and Comments; Suggested Readings 413.
March 15 - U.S.Government and Constitution -- La Raza Perspective
* Submit your essay "The Past I Bring to La Raza Studies."
March 17 - The Legacy of the San Patricios.
* Abstract sixth article.

Week 8 - Midterm Assessment.
March 20 - Midterm Review.
* Submit sixth abstract.
March 22 - Midterm Review.
March 24 - Midterm Assessment.
* Read - Delgado & Stefancic, PART VIII: ASSIMILATIONISM: MAYBE OUR BEST STRATEGY IS JUST TO DUCK? 417; Richard Rodriguez, "A Scholarship Boy" 419; David G. Gutiérrez, "LULAC and the Assimilationist Perspective" 421; Kevin R. Johnson, "Melting Pot or Ring of Fire" 427; Linda Chavez, "Out of the Barrio" 431; Margaret E. Montoya, "Masks and Acculturation" 435; Ruben Navarrette, Jr., "Straddling Separate Worlds" 442; Earl Shorris, "Neither Here nor There" 444; Ruben Navarrette, Jr., "Harvard Homeboy" 448; From the Editors: Issues and Comments; Suggested Readings 452.
* Abstract seventh article.

Week 9 - Assimilation Perspectives and Acculturation Problems
March 27 - Assimilation Perspectives
March 29 - Acculturation Problems
* Submit seventh article.
March 31 -
* Read  Delgado & Stefancic, PART IX: SPLITS AND TENSIONS WITHIN THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMUNITY 455; Bill Piatt, "Origins of Black/Brown Conflict" 457; Elizabeth Martinez, "Beyond Black/White: The Racism of Our Time" 466; Deborah A. Ramirez, "It's Not Just Black and White Anymore" 478; Kevin R. Johnson, "Tensions and Differences within the Latino Community" 488; Linda Chavez," A Longstanding Commitment" 491; From the Editors: Issues and Comments; Suggested Readings 494.
* Abstract eighth article.

Week 10 - Splits and Tensions within La Raza Community
Apr 3 - Guieros & Morenos
Apr 5 - Nortenos & Surenos
* Submit eighth abstract.
April 7 - Small group discussion.
* Read  Delgado & Stefancic, PART XI: ENGLISH-ONLY, BILINGUALISM, INTERPRETERS: YOU MEAN I CAN'T SPEAK SPANISH? 557; James Crawford, "Hold Your Tongue" 559; Ruben Navarrette, Jr., "A Bilingual-Education Initiative as a Prop. 187 in Disguise?" 563; Juan F. Perea, "American Languages, Cultural Pluraism, and Offical English" 566; Margaret E. Montoya, "Law and Languages" 574; Christopher David Ruiz Cameron, "How the Garcia Cousins Lost their Accents" 579; Juan F. Perea, "Death by English" 583; Miguel A. Mendez, "Lawyers, Linguists, Story-Tellers, and Limited English-speaking Witnesses"  5??; Miguel A. Mendez, "Hernandez: The Wrong Message at the Wrong Time" 602; Bill Piatt, "Attorney as Interpreter" 605; Rachel F. Moran, "The Politics of Discretion:  Federal Intervention in Bilingual Education" 610; From the Editors: Issues and Comments; Suggested Readings  622.
* Abstract ninth abstract.
* Organize notes for your first draft of research or community service project paper.

Week 11 Language and Education Rights and Realities
Apr10 - Language Rights and Realities."
Apr 12 - Fear and Loathing at Hoover Elementary.
* Submit ninth abstract.
* Read  Castillo-Speed, PART III NUESTRA POLITICA; Cherrie Moraga, "Art in America con Acento" 210; Margarita Engle "From Singing to Cuba" 221; Inés Hernández-Avia, Enderina's Story"; Lucha Corpi, "Epiphany: The Third Gift" 240; Gloria Anzaldua, "From Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza." 250; Esmeralda Santiago, "From I Was Puerto Rican."  257; Graciela Limón, From In Search of Bernabe"  164; Demetria Martinez, From Mother Tongue"  273; Alma Luz Villanueva, "Place of the Dead" 280.
Apr 14 - Small group discussions.
* Read  Darder & Torres, PART III: CRITICAL DISCOURSES ON GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND POWER 191; Denise Segura and Beatriz M. Pesquera, "Chicana Feminisms: Their Political Context and Contemporary Expressions" 193; Lourdes Arguelles, "Crazy Wisdom: Memories of a Cuban Queer" 206; David Román, "Teatro Viva!  Latino Performance and the Politics of AIDS in Los Angeles" 211; Ilán Stevans, "The Latin Phallus" 228.
* Abstract tenth article.
* Outline first draft of research or community service learning project report.

Week 12 - Spring Break - April 17-21

Week 13 - The Politics of Gender and Sexual Orientation
Apr 24 - The Politica of Gender.
* Submit tenth article.
* Read  Delgado & Stefancic, PART X: SEX, GENDER, AND CLASS: SURE I'M A LATINO, BUT I'M STILL DIFFERENT FROM YOU-HOW ABOUT IT?  497; Adelaida del Castillo, "Mexican Gender Ideology" 499; Jenny Rivera, "Domestic Violence Against Latinas by Latino Males" 501; Elizabeth M. Iglesias, "Maternal Power and the Deconstruction of Male Supremacy" 508; Yvonne M. Cherena Pacheco, "What's in a Name? Retention and Loss of the Maternal Surname" 516; Beatriz M. Pesquera and Denise A. Segura, "A Chicana Perspective on Feminism" 523; Maria L. Ontiveros, "Three Perspectives on Workplace harassment of Women of Color" 531; Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol, "Culture and Economic Violence" 536; Elvia R. Arriola, "Gendered Inequality" 539; Francisco Valdes, "Notes on the Conflation of Sex, Gender, and Sexual Orientation: A QueerCrit and LatCrit Perspective" 543; From the Editors: Issues and Comments; Suggested Readings  552.
Apr 26 - The Politica of Sexual Orientation
Apr 28  - Small group discussions.
* Read  Delgado & Stefancic, PART XII: THE BORDER AS METAPHOR: WHAT BORDER THEORY TELLS US ABOUT CULTURE 625; Gloria Anzaldua, "Borderlands" 626; Renato Rosaldo, "Surveying Law and Borders" 631; Margaret E. Montoya, "Border Crossings" 639; Renato Rosaldo, "Sandra Cisneros: The Fading of the Warrior Hero" 644; Melissa Harrison and Margaret E. Montoya, "Voices/Voces in the Borderlands" 649; David R. Diaz, "Street Vendors: The Battle over Cultural Interpretation" 661; From the Editors: Issues and Comments; Suggested Readings 666.
* Abstract eleventh article.
* Prepare first draft of research or community service learning project report.

Week 14 - La Frontera in Theory and Practice
May 1 - La Frontera in Fact and Fantasy - Alambrista
May 3 - The Border
* Submit eleventh abstract.
* Read  Bonilla, et al, PART I: GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE 15; Manuel Pastor, Jr. "Interdependence, Inequality, and Identity: Linking Latinos and Latin Americans" 17; Manuel Pastor, Jr., and Carol Wise, "Trading Places: U.S. Latinos and Trade Liberalization in the Americas" 35; Saskia Sessen, "The Transnationalization of Immigration Policy" 53.
May 5 - Cinco de Mayo Celebracion
* Read  Bonilla, et al, PART II: THE RECONFIGURED UNITED STATES 69; Jorge Chapa, "The Burden of Interdependence: Demographic, Economic, and Social Prospects for Latinos in the Reconfigured U.S. Economy"; Patricia Fernandez-Kelly, "From Estrangement to Affinity: Dilemmas of Identity Among Hispanic Children" 83; Edwin Meléndez, "The Economic Development of El Barrio" 105.
* Abstract twelfth article.
* Revise second draft of research project or community  service learning project report.

Week 15 - The Political Economy of Reconfigured Places and Displaced Personas.
May 8 - Global Interdependence and the Reconfigured U.S.
* Read  Bonilla, et al, PART III: THE POLITICS AND IDENTITY OF DIASPORA 129; Guillermo Gómez-Peña, "1995-Terreno Peligroso/Danger Zone: Cultural Relations Between Chicanos and Mexicans at the End of the Century" 131; Silvio Torres-Saillant, "Visions of Dominicanness in the United States" 139; Gerald Torres, "The Legacy of conquest and Discovery: Meditations on Ethnicity, Race, and American Politics" 153; Maria de los Torres, "Transnational Political and Cultural Identities: Crossing Theoretical Borders" 169.
May 10 - Diaspora Politics and Latin @ Identitites.
* Submit twelfth abstract.
* Read   Bonilla, et al, PART IV: REACHING FOR THE CIVIL SOCIETY ON A GLOBAL SCALE; Jeremy Brecher, "Popular Movements and Economic Globalization" 185; Pedro Cabán, "The New Synthesis of Latin American and Latino Studies" 195; Frank Bonilla, "Rethinking Latino/Latin American Interdependence: New Knowing, New Practice" 213.
May 11 - Program advising for Fall 2000 semester.  Classes cancelled.
May  12 - Por La Vida -  The Criminalization of Latino Street Vendors.
* Read  Darder & Torres, PART IV LABOR AND POLITICS IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY: THE LATINO METROPOLIS 214; Zaragosa Vargas, "Rank and File: Historical Perspectives on Latino/a Workers in the US" 243; Victor Valle and Rodolfo D. Torres, "Latinos in a "Post-Industrial" Disorder: Politics in a Changing City" 257; Luis Aponte Parés, "What's Yellow and White and Has Land All Around It?  Appropriating Place in Puerto Rican Barrios" 271; Ramón Grosfiguel, "Caribbean Colonial Immigrants in the Metropoles: A Research Agenda" 281.
* Prepare final draft of research or community service learning report.

Week 16 - La Raza in A Global Context: Final Review and Evaluation
May 15 - Latin@s in the New World Order
* Submit Final Research Report or Community Service Learning Report.
May 17 - Final review and course evaluation
May 19 - Final Review and course evaluation.

Week 17 - Final Assessment May 24 - 10:45-1:15 p.m.

May 28 - Memorial Day (offices closed)

Jun 2 - Spring 2000 Ends.

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