Spring 2014 MW 4:05 – 5:20 PM, Lafayette L207 Pablo Bose

GEOG 060
D1: RACE AND ETHNICITY IN THE US
MW 4:05 – 5:20 PM, Lafayette L207
Spring 2014
Instructor:
Office/Phone:
E-mail:
Office hours:
Pablo Bose
209 Old Mill/656-5717
[email protected]
MWF 3:00PM-4:00PM
Teaching Assistants:
Office:
Office Hours:
Erin Kerr, Meraz Mostafa
220 Old Mill
By appointment
Course Description
Survey of the ways in which spatial processes and patterns reflect and shape racialized and
ethnic identities in the U.S. Special attention will be paid to schemes of spatial restriction and to
the roles of both mobility and place in racial and ethnic minorities' struggles for the power to
define geographies of everyday life. Course will include text, readings, and films. Fulfills a “Race
Relations and Ethnicity in the U.S.” requirement.
Overview
Understanding the geography of race and ethnicity in the US is more than simply knowing why
we can visit a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, a Polish deli in Chicago, or an Italian café in
New York City. While it is important to understand the locations of different social groups, it is
about more than simply making a list of people and places. The geography of race and ethnicity
in the US means engaging with important questions about the links between space, place and
power. Examining such questions helps us to understand the shape of the world we live in
today, both by looking at the past and at the present. How do we conceive of Los Angeles, San
Antonio, or San Francisco as American cities without first understanding the historical conflicts
between the US and Mexico? Can we understand why most Italian-Americans left Mulberry
Street, NYC for the majority-white suburbs without understanding the development of highways
and postwar housing? How have the legacies of colonialism, slavery, and segregation left their
imprints on the urban and rural landscapes that surround us today? In this course, we will focus
on the social construction of race and ethnicity and on the ways in which such ideologies have
shaped spatial patterns in both the past and present. We will pay particular attention to issues
including mobility, migration, urban form, spatial demographics, and borders. We will draw on
various case studies and historical accounts to understand these identities, struggles and
constructions. At the conclusion of this course, you should be able to better understand:
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The nature, historical patterns, and demographics of American society in terms of race,
ethnicity and spatial processes
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Knowledge of the origins and systemic nature of prejudice, discrimination and
oppression that has been directed toward people of diverse backgrounds and cultures,
and how this has played out in geographical terms
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An understanding of the current experiences and issues in the United States of different
racial groups (including discrimination in all forms, life experiences of racial groups and
white privilege), as they relate to space and place
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Course Texts:
Rothenberg, Paula (ed.) 2010. Race, Class and Gender in the US (9th Edition). NY: Worth.
Additional readings will be available on the course Blackboard site (https://bb.uvm.edu)
Evaluation
Short Paper 1
Mid-Term
Short Paper 2
Quizzes
Final Exam
(2/13/2012)
(3/14/2012)
(4/16/2012)
(throughout semester)
(TBD, exam period)
20%
20%
20%
10%
30%
Short Paper 1 (20%)
Students must complete a short paper based on a common question posed by the instructor.
Papers must be between 1250-1500 words in length (longer or shorter will not be accepted), will
be graded for style, grammar, and a clear understanding and correct citation of course
readings. Students will be given the question on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 and must
submit their answer by 4:05 PM Monday February 10, 2014. No outside research is required
for this assignment. ***Please note: submissions will NOT be accepted via email***
Mid-term Exam (20%)
The mid-term exam will be based on lectures and readings covered up to the previous class and
will be comprised of multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions. This exam is closed book
and students will be given 75 minutes to write it. Students requiring alternate accommodation
must provide documentation and make arrangements ahead of time for the exams. The midterm is scheduled in-class for Wednesday March 12, 2014.
Short Paper 2 (20%)
Students must complete a short paper based on a common question posed by the instructor.
Essays must be between 1250-1500 words in length (longer or shorter will not be accepted), will
be graded for style, grammar, and a clear understanding and correct citation of course
readings. Students will be given the question on Monday, April 7, 2014 and must submit their
answer by 4:05 PM Monday April 14, 2014. No outside research is required for this
assignment. ***Please note: submissions will NOT be accepted via email***
Quizzes (10%)
Throughout the semester pop quizzes will be conducted in-class. These will not be announced
ahead of time and will be based on readings, lectures, and materials presented in-class. Some
of these will take the form of questions about a particular reading while others will be short
exercises conducted in-class. These quizzes cannot be made up at another time; if you are
absent you will not have the opportunity to re-do these.
Final Exam (30%)
The final exam will be held during the scheduled exam period and will be based on lectures and
readings from the entire semester and will be comprised of multiple-choice, short-answer and
short essay questions. This exam is closed book. Students requiring alternate accommodation
must provide documentation and make arrangements ahead of time for the exams.
Please note that there is no extra credit in GEO 060. Late assignments will not be accepted.
All grades are based on the grade scale you see below. If you feel like you are falling behind or
need help with the material, please see your TA or me as soon as possible.
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Grades will be distributed according to the following scale:
A+
A
AB+
B
B-
97.0 – 100
94.0 – 96.9
90.0 – 93.9
87.0 – 89.9
84.0 – 86.9
80.0 – 83.9
C+
C
CD
F
77.0 – 79.9
74.0 – 76.9
70.0 – 73.9
60.0 – 69.9
<60.0
Policies
1. There are no make-up exams or quizzes, or late submissions accepted. If you miss
(or are going to miss) something important due to illness or other severe circumstance,
contact me immediately (contact your Dean’s office for validation of serious matters).
2. Your presence and participation are expected every class meeting and you are
expected to have done the assigned reading and be ready to engage with the material.
Anyone engaging in distracting behavior will be given one warning and then penalized
for ongoing disruptions.
3. You are expected to do your own work. Cheating, plagiarizing, fabrication, collusion,
and other forms of academic dishonesty are not tolerated at UVM. It is your responsibility
to be familiar with the University’s policy on academic honesty at
http://www.uvm.edu/cses.
4. If you are an ACCESS student, we will make every effort to accommodate necessary
arrangements. I need ACCESS letters by January 31, 2014 to make these
accommodations.
5. Students have the right to practice the religion of their choice. Students who foresee
an absence for religious reasons should submit in writing their documented religious
holiday schedule for the semester by January 31, 2014. I will make every effort to
accommodate appropriately.
6. Students participating in inter-collegiate athletics should plan their schedules with
special care, recognizing the primary importance of all their academic responsibilities.
Students are required to document in writing any conflicts between planned athletic
events and class schedules to me by the end of the second week of classes.
Individual athletes should meet with me to discuss the resolution of any missed classes
and work.
7. Please review UVM’s Student Rights and Responsibilities Policy document at
http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmppg/ppg/student/studentcode.pdf.
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COURSE SCHEDULE
Date
Topic
M, Jan 13
W, Jan 15
Introduction
SECTION I
Social Construction of Race
M, Jan 20
W, Jan 22
NO CLASS
Whiteness as Virtue
M, Jan 27
Geographies of Whiteness
W, Jan 29
Complicating Ethnicity
M, Feb 3
“Model Minorities”
W, Feb 5
Inter-Ethnic Conflicts
M, Feb 10
SECTION II
Colonization and Colonialisms
***SHORT PAPER #1 Due***
W, Feb 12
Forced Migration, Slavery,
and the African Diaspora
M, Feb 17
W, Feb 19
M, Feb 24
NO CLASS
Manifest Destiny, the breaking
of Mexico and the making of
the US
Borders and Borderlands
W, Feb 26
M, Mar 3
W, Mar 5
M, Mar 10
Immigration and Settlement
NO CLASS
NO CLASS
Refugees and Migrants
Reading
Key:
• “RCG” = Race, Class Gender Reader (Rothenberg)
• “OL” = Blackboard Online Materials
THEORIZING RACE AND ETHNICITY
• Rothenberg, RCG I, 7-12
• Omi and Winant, RCG I.1 13-23
• Buck, RCG I.3, 33-38
• Snyder, RCG VIII.1 579-584
MLK DAY
• McIntosh, RCG II.8, 175-179
• Kashef, RCG VI.7, 435-438
• Lumumba-Kasongo, RCG IV.12, 302-303
• Vanderbeck, OL, 641-659
• Brodkin, RCG I.4, 39-53
• Gomez, RCG VI.6, 430-434
• Roberts, RCG III.1, 215-216
• MPI, RCG III.2, 217-223
• Alsultany, RCG III.4, 235-237
• Navarro, RCG III.5, 238-241
• Singh, RCG III.6, 242-244
• Shah, RCG III.7, 245-247
• Thrupkaew, RCG III.8, 248-254
• Sethi, RCG II.3, 141-148
• Jordan, RCG IV.7, 289-291
• Wu, RCG VI.3, 422-425
• Berger, RCG VI.9, 444-447
DISPLACEMENT, MIGRATION AND BORDERS
• Churchill, OL 1-18
• US Commission on Human Rights, RCG VII.1,
501-505
• Bird, RCG VI.1, 410-413
• Elk v. Wilkins, RCG VII.15, 545-546
• An Act…, RCG VII.2, 506-510
• The 3/5 Compromise, RCG VII.3, 511
• An Act…, RCG VII.4, 512
• Dred Scot v. Sanford, RCG VII.8, 524-527
PRESIDENT’S DAY
• Horsman, OL 1-6
• Ngai, RCG III.3, 224-234
• Tavernise, RCG V.10, 375-376
• Portes and Rumbaut, OL 12-36
• Casares, RCG VI.5, 428-429
• Portes and Rumbaut, OL 37-66
SPRING BREAK
SPRING BREAK
• Bose, OL
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W, Mar 12
M, Mar 17
***MID-TERM EXAM***
SECTION III
Racism and Structures of
Power
W, Mar 19
Hierarchies in Law and
Culture
M, Mar 24
Confinement and the Other
W, Mar 26
Prison and Place
M, Mar 31
The Economic Geography of
Difference
W, Apr 2
M, Apr 7
SECTION IV
Urban America
W, Apr 16
Housing, Redlines and
Subprime Mortgages
NO CLASS
Race, Space and Food
Practices
***Short Paper #2 Due***
Hurricane Katrina
M, Apr 21
W, Apr 23
Environment and Race
Environmental Justice
M, Apr 28
Highway Robberies
W, Apr 30
Media and the Representation
of the “Other”
DATE TBD
FINAL EXAM
W, Apr 9
M, Apr 14
MOBILITY AND IMMOBILITIES
• US Commission on Human Rights, RCG IV.1, 263273
• Tatum, RCG II.1, 125-132
• Bonilla-Silva, RCG II.2, 133-140
• US Constitution, RCG VII.10, 530-531
• Dubois, RCG VII.11, 532-539
• Plessy v. Ferguson, RCG VII.16, 547-549
• Teicher, RCG IV.6, 286-288
• Barry, RCG IV.10, 296-297
• Hoover, RCG IV.14, 307
• Burd, RCG IV.15, 308-309
• Mathews, RCG IV.16, 310-311
• Feldman, RCG V.14, 385-388
• Zirin, RCG VI.11, 452-454
• Kochiyama, RCG VI.2, 414-421
• Fayad, RCG VI.4, 426-427
• Rothschild, RCG IV.9, 294-295
• Lambert, RCG IV.17, 312-314
• Davis, RCG VIII.9, 641-645
• Richmond and Johnson, OL 565-580
• Sklar, RCG V.1, 324-334
• West, RCG V.2, 335-336
• Ehrenreich and Ehrenreich, RCG V.6, 350-354
• Kochhar, Fry and Taylor, RCG V.7, 355-361
• Porter, RCG V.18, 401-403
BUILT AND NATURAL LANDSCAPES
• Kozol, RCG VIII.8, 627-640
• James, OL 375-378
• Lipsitz, OL 10-23
• Roediger, OL 157-198
• Richardson, OL 31-32
AAG
• Eisenhauer, OL 125-133
Slocum, OL 520-533
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Cutter, OL 1-5
Miles and Austin, OL 33-49
Merchant, OL 1-13
Associated Press, RCG IV.18, 315-17
Agyeman, OL, 1-3
Bullard, OL, 15-31
Freilla, OL, 75-98
Perez, OL, 222-248
Berger, RCG VIII.3, 592-594
Jhally, RCG VIII.5, 603-610