Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4DescriptionThis course offers a critical investigation of the historical and contemporary political experiences of Asian Americans. Rooted in a Critical Race Studies approach toward history, the course examines how the United States governmental institutions, political processes and public policies at national, state, and local levels shape the experiences of Asian Americans in the United States. The course also clarifies how Asian Americans engage in community activism, domestic and transnational politics to resist oppression, disenfranchisement, and political exclusion in pursuit of incorporation into the U.S. political system, immigration, citizenship, cross-racial/ ethnic coalition-building, and racial justice. This course is intended for all students interested in Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies and Ethnic Studies. 