Transfers ToNot transferableDescriptionStudents will examine race, racism, and resistance in the context of contemporary American ethnic literature: Black, Latinx, Native American, Asian American, mixed-race, and others. Students will seek to understand this literature using historical, post-colonial, feminist, and other types of literary criticism as well as critical race theory. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the sociological and historical contexts from which each of these texts emerged—particularly the ways in which ethnic communities have navigated their struggles with enslavement, genocide, violence, poverty, education, language, and family in the United States. Works of literature will be analyzed in the context of personal and community empowerment, intersectionality, and their contribution to the development of unique literary traditions. 