Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area DDescriptionThis interdisciplinary course introduces students to the social structures, institutional processes, power relationships, and cultural mechanisms that construct and resist oppression. The course examines the sociology, history, economy, and psychology of oppression based on race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, and other aspects of group identity and experience in the U.S. The course also explores the histories, strategies, and structures of movements for social justice and liberation, as well as investigating how creating and undoing asymmetrical power relations are linked to social structures, institutional processes, and culture. Additionally, it provides a basis for a better understanding of socioeconomic, political, and cultural conditions of key social groups in the United States. Topics include theoretical foundations of social justice and oppression, history and politics of group identity, culture and ideologies, forms of oppression, privilege, and forms of resistance. 