Fall 2026

Race and Culture in the Americas

Examines marginalized groups' experiences in the U.S. and Americas, exploring race, identity, and historical processes.

offering recorded3 credits

Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Victor Goldgel-Carballo

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.79 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

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Course details

Credits3 credits

Typically offeredNot Applicable

Subjects

Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies, Spanish (Spanish and Portuguese)

About this course

Examine how the experiences of marginalized groups in the U.S. are profoundly intertwined with hemispheric historical processes. Review the categories that emerged to conceptualize human difference as European colonizers dispossessed indigenous peoples of their lands and inaugurated the forced migration and enslavement of peoples from Africa. Focus on how race was transformed after the revolutions of independence, exploring key concepts such as the one drop rule, mestizaje, racial democracy, and color-blindness. Explore how race intersects with gender, class, and migration, as well as with slavery, anti-colonial struggles, and US expansionism. Examine common assumptions in comparisons of race relations -e.g., the idea of a more more "fluid" understanding of race in Latin American countries, versus the binary models of the U.S.

Prerequisites

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LACIS/SPANISH 285

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Professors

Fall 2026

Victor Goldgel-Carballo

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.79 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

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VICTOR GOLDGEL-CARBALLO is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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Section	Mode	Enrolled / capacity	Waitlist
LEC 001	Classroom Instruction	14 / 55	0
LEC 001	Classroom Instruction	28 / 55	0

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.79 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

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Topics

Colonial categories of human difference
Key racial concepts: one drop rule, mestizaje, racial democracy, color-blindness
Slavery, anti-colonial struggles, and US expansionism
Fluid vs. binary models of race in Latin America and the U.S.

Skills

Examine historical processes affecting marginalized groups
Analyze transformation of race post-independence
Explore intersections of race with gender, class, and migration
Examine assumptions in comparative race relations

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LACIS/SPANISH 285 · Fall 2026

Race and Culture in the Americas

Recorded 2026-09-07

LACIS/SPANISH 285 · Fall 2026

Race and Culture in the Americas

Recorded 2026-09-07

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