Latino Studies Spanish Language & Latin American Studies Program Fall 2019 Semester - Valparaíso

This course examines the heterogeneity of the Chicano/Latino experience in the United States. A major focus of this course is understanding the contemporary public policy issues and obstacles Chicano(a)/Latino(a) communities face within the U.S. and how these obstacles might be overcome. Topics to be discussed include: immigration policy and immigrant incorporation, assimilation, intersectionality (race, gender and class), identity construction, education, work, and interracial and intra-ethnic relations, to name a few.