Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2DescriptionCritical examination of African American histories, cultures, intellectual traditions, lived experiences, and racial and social justice struggles within literary texts, including oral traditions, poetry, essays, drama, novels, and other genres. Uses African American Studies and Black Studies concepts to examine African American and Black literature as sites of cultural expression, intellectual tradition, and resistance. Focus is placed on the particular and collective roles of Black writers and thinkers in the shaping and development of culture and literature within U.S. society through the frameworks of Black Studies and African American Studies, with particular attention to concepts such as race and racism, racialization, white supremacy, self-determination, liberation, decolonization, and anti-racism. Readings and assignments highlight how Black writers and thinkers have shaped U.S. culture while contesting systemic oppression, and how their work addresses intersections of race, gender, class, sexuality, religion, and national identity. Through engagement with community-based movements and critical theories, students will connect African American cultural production to broader struggles for racial and social justice, solidarity, and liberation in the United States. This course is not open to students who are enrolled in or who have received credit for ES 151. 