Transfers ToCSUCSU GE Area FDescriptionThe course centers the Chicana/o experience to understand critical events, social move- ments, issues, and decolonization within the context of both Mexican and U.S. cultural influences in the United States. The course brings attention to systems of oppression foregrounding race and ethnicity, including histories and legacies of colonial- ism and indigenous dispossession, imperialism and immigration, and the artistic and intellectual contributions of Chicanas/os and Latinas/os/x. In addition, the causes and significance behind Central American immigration is explored as part of contemporary Chicana/o His- tory. Moreover, the course highlights the contributions made by Chicanas/os and Latinas/os/x in addressing systemic inequality and racism in society and struggle for social justice, self-deter- mination, liberation, anti-racism, decolonization, identity, and political representation. 