LSOC
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Race, Law and Anti-Asian Violence

Eugene Lang College Lib Arts: Sociology

Liberal Arts
Undergraduate Course
Degree Students
Race, Law and Anti-Asian Viole
Fall 2024
Taught By: Jack Jin Gary Lee
Section: A

CRN: 17494

Credits: 4

Critical Race Theory, as a genre and movement of scholarship, teaching, and advocacy, examines the social and legal construction of race from the perspectives and narratives of the racially marginalized. Identified as the central object of analysis in this theoretical perspective, race has emerged as a product of social practices, institutions (particularly law), and language—things that can wound as much as they promise advantages along the intersecting lines of race, gender, sexuality, and class. This course will focus on the making of the settler colonial context of the US and the identity categories of “Asian” and “Asian American and Pacific Islander.” Taking a feminist and intersectional approach that situates Asian and AAPI histories and voices in relation to those of Black, Indigenous, and Latinx communities, we will begin from the acts of exclusion and violence that targeted Asian communities in the nineteenth century and conclude with the contemporary recurrence of Anti-Asian violence in our globalized world. Through this historical arc, we will trace and critically examine the social processes, relations, and systems that constitute the workings of race in law.

College: Eugene Lang College Lib Arts (LC)

Department: Sociology (SOC)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 18

Repeat Limit: N/A

Add/Drop Deadline: September 9, 2024 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: November 17, 2024 (Sunday)

Seats Available: Yes

* Seats available but reserved for a specific population.

Status: Closed*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 12:54pm EST 12/2/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Tuesday, Thursday
Times: 12:00pm - 1:40pm
Building: 6 East 16th Street
Room: 903
Date Range: 8/26/2024 - 12/15/2024