2023-2024 Undergraduate Bulletin

LLS 120 Race, Criminal Justice and Latinx Communities

3 hours

In this course students will think critically about the role of race, racialization, colonialism, neocolonialism, white supremacy, nativism, xenophobia, and stereotypes in the development of policing and criminal justice policies and practices toward U.S. Latinx communities.  Specific topics examined include but are not limited to anti-Blackness, anti-Latinx violence, immigration and crimmigration, mass incarceration, racial profiling, media representations, the Latinx LGBTQ experience, Latinx youth, gangs, and drug policies.  Latinx activism and proposals for change will be explored.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

None

Notes

This course satisfies the Flexible Core: Individual and Society area of the Gen Ed Program.