Contemporary Asian American Identities
Contemporary Asian American Identities focuses on recently arrived Asian immigrant groups and historically excluded groups to expand the definition of Asian American.
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What you’ll be able to do
Analyze how recent waves of Asian immigration and the inclusion of historically excluded groups has confronted Asian American-based identity politics and the racialization that Asian Americans face.
Examine how the demographic changes in Asian America have shifted its socioeconomic landscape and consequently impacted issues around higher education, political engagement and race relations with other populations of color.
Identify how the changing demographics of Asian America creates significant nuances in how we understand the larger Asian American experience.
Collaborate with peers about how the diversity of Asian America is connected to the histories of other communities of color and their treatment in the United States through group work and activities.
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Focuses on recently arrived Asian immigrant groups and historically excluded groups to highlight their exclusion from mainstream Asian America. Covers how Asian American-based identity politics has reduced the experiences of these groups to categorical understandings of race, citizenship, nationality, class, immigration, and others. Uses intersectional lens to analyze their experiences with the goal of expanding what it means to be "Asian American." Lastly, examines how Asian American-based identity politics has influenced conversations around higher education, politics, and race relations.
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Topics
- Asian American-based identity politics and categorical understandings of race and citizenship
- Influence of identity politics on higher education, politics, and race relations
- Socioeconomic landscape shifts due to demographic changes in Asian America
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- Analyzing Asian American identity politics using an intersectional lens
- Examining the impact of demographic changes on higher education and race relations
- Collaborating with peers on the connection between Asian American diversity and other communities of color
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