ETHN 201 - The War on Drugs and BIPOC Communities

    Recent Professors
    M. Odom
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2026
    Class Size
    50 students
    Credits
    3
    Spring 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    An overview of the role of the War on Drugs and its effect on Black, Latinx, Asian, Indigenous, and immigrant communities within the United States. Students will explore intra- and inter-community responses, and the criminalization of drug use rather than its role as a public health crisis. Students will critically engage with the ethnography behind the War on Drugs and consider its role in the larger ethnic studies scholarship of traditionally marginalized groups. (CSU/UC)