Prof. Anthony D. Affigne
Providence College
Department of Political Science
865-2434, 865-2569

Race and Politics in the Americas

Political Science 416, Spring 1994
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1:302:20 p.m.

OVERVIEW. In Race and Politics in the Americas you will study the history and current state of racial politics in North, Central, and South America, with a focus on the United States. The course involves assigned readings, weekly discussions, a video series, guest lecturers, and independent research projects, either individual or group. Grades are based on take home midterms, the final projects, and class participation.

READING & ASSIGNMENTS. Reading assignments are drawn from five texts, listed below. You should purchase all five of these books. Specific assignments for each class are noted in the attached class schedule. Discussions will be based on readings (as well as the films, guests, and current events), and you must, to participate adequately in these discussions, be very familiar with the reading material. The best way to ensure this familiarity is to complete the assigned reading for each class, on time.

Required texts, listed in the order we will use them, are as follows:

American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World, David E. Stannard (Oxford 1992)

The State of Native America, M. Annette Jaimes, Editor. (South End Press 1992)

Race, Politics and Economic Development, James Jennings, Editor. (Verso 1991)

Latina Politics, Latino Politics, Carol Hardy-Fanta. (Temple 1993)

The State of Asian America, Karin Aguilar San Juan, Editor. (South End Press 1992)

Additional readings related to each unit's subject matter are also listed in the class schedule. You are not required to read these, but should your research area fall within a given unit's topic, you may find the recommended list for that unit to be helpful.

VIDEO SERIES. This semester's film series on Race and Politics, cosponsored by the Department of Political Science and the Latin American Studies Program, is an essential part of the course. Each week a different film will be shown, and for your convenience will be shown twice, once each Wednesday night in Moore Hall 1 (7:00 p.m.) and again the next day, each Thursday afternoon in Classroom Building 102 (4:00 p.m.); it does not matter which showing you attend, but it is your responsibility to view all the films. Most will be commercial rentals and will only be available for the two scheduled screenings.

GUEST LECTURERS. Three guest lecturers will join us during the semester: they are Nanepashemet, a historian who directs the Wampanoag Program at the Plimoth Plantation; Joseph P. Buchanan, president of the Roger Williams Tenants Association and the Family Housing Development Corporation, and a third lecturer, who will discuss politics in the Latino communities of New England.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES. This is a seminar style course, which means each student is expected to complete all course readings and participate in class discussions. You will write a single research paper, or help plan and conduct a group research project; these final projects will take the place of the final exam. There will be a take home midterm exam. Class attendance is mandatory, and final grades will reflect participation as well as written assignments.

OFFICE HOURS. My office is located in Howley Hall. Should you wish to talk with me about any aspect of the course please see me in class, or call 865-2569 to make other arrangements.

CLASS SCHEDULE WITH READING ASSIGNMENTS

UNIT 1. POLITICS IN AMERICA BEFORE THE EUROPEAN CONQUEST

Guest: Nanepashemet, Director, Wampanoag Program, The Plimoth Plantation

Text: David E. Stannard, American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World

Films: The Buried Mirror: Conflict of the Gods (Carlos Fuentes)

1492, Conquest of Paradise (Ridley Scott)

Recommended: Francis Jennings, The Invasion of America, University of North Carolina Press 1975. Thomas R. Berger, A Long and Terrible Shadow, Douglas & McIntyre 1991. Jack Weatherford, Native Roots, Fawcett Columbine 1991. Alvin Josephy, Jr. America in 1492, Houghton Miflin 1991. John E. Kicza, The Indian in Latin American History, Scholarly Resources 1993.

Monday, January 24 Introductions and Overview of the Course Wednesday, January 26 Stannard, Prologue and Chapter 1 Friday, January 28 Stannard, Chapter 2 and Appendix II DISCUSSION: "Politics and History" Monday, January 31 Stannard, Chapter 3 Wednesday, February 2 Stannard, Chapter 4 Wednesday, February 2 FI LM Conflict of the Gods (7:00 Moore 1 & Thurs. 4:00 CBI 02) Friday, February 4 GUEST LECTURER Nanepashemet Monday, February 7 Stannard Chapter 5 Wednesday, February 9 Stannard Chapter 6 Wednesday, February 9 FILM 1492, Conquest of Paradise (7:00 Moore I & Thurs. 4:00 CB102) Friday, February 11 DISCUSSION: "What is Race?

UNIT 2. CONTEMPORARY POLITICS OF NATIVE PEOPLES IN THE AMERICAS

Text: M. Annette Jaimes, Editor, The State of Native America,

Films: Five Centuries Later (National Film Board of Canada) The Spirit of Crazy Horse (PBS)

Recommended: Vine DeLoria, Custer Died for Our Sins, Macmillan 1969. Rigoberta Menchu, I, Rigoberta Menchu, Edited by Elisabeth Burgos-Debray, Verso 1984. Mary Crow Dog, Lakota Woman, Harper Perennial 1990. Ward Churchill and Jim Vander Wall, Agents of Repression, South End Press 1988. Jack Campisi, The Mashpee Indians: Tribe on Trial, Syracuse University Press 1991.

Monday, February 14 Jaimes, "Table" and Chapter 1 Wednesday, February 16 Jaimes, Chapters 2 and 3 Wednesday, February 16 FILM Five Centuries Later (7:00 Moore I & Thurs. 4:00 CB102) Friday, February 18 DISCUSSION: "Native American Politics Tuesday, February 22 Jaimes, Chapters 5 and 8 Wednesday, February 23 Jaimes 10 and 11 PROJECT PROPOSALS DUE Wednesday, February 23 FILM The Spirit of Crazy Horse (7:00 Moore I & Thurs. 4:00 CB102) Friday, February 25 Jaimes, Chapter 15 and Epilogue Monday, February 28 DISCUSSION "Race Politics and Indigenous Americans"

UNIT 3. BLACK POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES

Guest: Joseph P. Buchanan, President, Family Housing Development Corporation

Text: James Jennings, Editor, Race, Politics and Economic Development

Films: Brazil in the 16th and 17th Centuries

Awakenings (Eyes on the Prize)

Mississippi Summer 1964

The Time Has Come (Eyes on the Prize)

Recommended: Stokeley Carmichael & Charles V. Hamilton, Black Power, Vintage 1967. Doug McAdam, Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, Univ. of Chicago 1982. Hanes Walton, Jr., Invisible Politics: Black Political Behavior, SUNY Press 1985. Dianne Pinderhughes, Race and Ethnicity in Chicago Politics, University of Illinois Press 1987. Lucius 1. Barker, Editor. New Perspectives in American Politics, Transaction 1989. Gerald David Jaynes and Robin M. Williams, Jr., Editors. A Common Destiny: Blacks and American Society, National Academy 1989. Robert D. Bullard, Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class and Environmental Quality. Westview 1990. James Jennings, The Politics of Black Empowerment, Wayne State University Press 1992. Raphael Sonenshein, Politics in Black and White, Princeton University Press 1993. Katherine Tate, From Protest to Politics, Russell Sage 1993. Lucius J. Barker and Mack H. Jones, African Americans and the American Political~cal System, Prentice Hall 1994. Fred L. Pincus and Howard J. Ehrlich, Editors, Race and Ethnic Relations Westview 1994.

Wednesday, March 2 Jennings, Preface, Introduction and Chapter 1

Wednesday, March 2 FILM Brazil in the 16th and 17th Centuries (7.00 Moore I & Thurs. 4:00 CB102

Friday, March 4 DISCUSSION: The Economics of Race PROJECT OUTLINES DUE

Monday. March 7 Jennings, Chapter 2 MIDTERM DISTRIBUTED

THE MIDTERM: The midterm exam will consist of two essay questions, which you will answer using material (readings, discussions, films, guest) from the first seven weeks of class--including the current week of March 711th. The questions will be distributed in class on Monday, March 7, and will be due in the Political Science Department no later than 12:00 noon on Friday, March 11. NOTE: You may discuss the take home questions with others, but your answers must be your own work. You may not read another student 's answers, nor allow another student to read yours.

Wednesday, March 9 Jennings, Chapters 3 and 4

Wednesday, March 9 FILM Awakenings (7:00 Moore I & Thurs. 4:00 CB102)

Friday, March 11 NO CLASS MIDTERM EXAM DUE

--Spring Break--

Monday, March 21 Jennings, Chapters 5 and 7

Wednesday, March 23 Jennings, Chapters 8 and 10

Wednesday, March 23 FILM Mississippi Summer 1964 (7:00Moore I & Thurs. 4:00CB102)

Friday, March 25 Jennings, Chapter 11 and Conclusion

Monday, March 28 DISCUSSION: "Apartheid in America?"

Wednesday, March 30 GUEST LECTURER Joseph P. Buchanan

Wednesday, March 30 FILM The Time Has Come (7:00 Moore I & Thurs. 4:00 CB102)

UNIT 4. THE POLITICS OF LA RAZA Y LOS LATlNOS

Guest: T.B.A.

Text: Carol Hardy-Fanta, Latina Politics, Latino Politics.

Films: Americas: The Latin American and Caribbean Presence in the United States

The Buried.d Mirror: Unfinished Business (Carlos Fuentes)

Recommended: F. Chris Garcia, Latinos and the Political System, Notre Dame University Press l988. Carlos Munoz, Jr., Youth, Identity, Power: The Chicano Movement, Verso 1989. Earl Shorris, Latmas, W.W. Norton 1992. Benjamin Marquez, LULAC: The Evolution of a Mexican American Political Organization, Texas l993. Rodolfo de la Garza and Louis DeSipio, Barrio Ballots, Westview 1993. David Abalos, Latino Families and the Politics of Transformation. Greenwood 1993.

Wednesday, April 6 Hardy-Fanta, Chapters 1, 2 and 3

Wednesday, April 6 FILM Americas (7:00 Moore I & Thurs. 4:00 CB102)

Friday, April 8 DISCUSSION: UComparing the Black and Latino Experiences'

Monday, April 11 NO CLASS Wellesley Conference on Minority Relations

Wednesday, April 13 Hardy-Fanta, Chapters 4, 5 and 6

Wednesday, April 13 FILM Unfinished Business (7:00Moore I & Thurs. 4:00 CB102)

Friday, April 15 NO CLASS

Monday, April 18 DISCUSSION: UThe Future of Latino Politics"

UNIT 5. PANASIANISM AND AMERICAN POLITICS

Text Karin Aguilar-San Juan, Editor, The State of Asian America. Film: Home from the Eastern Sea, by Lucy Ostrander, Elizabeth Clark and KCTSTV 1990.

Recommended: Ronald Takakl, Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans, Little, Brown l 989. Yen Le Espiritu, PanAsian Ethnicity, Temple University Press 1992. Dana Y. Takagi, The Retreat from Race, Rutgers l99Z. Hyungchan Kim, Editor, Asian Americans and the Supreme Court Greenwood l992. Philip S. Foner and Daniel Rosenberg, Racism, Dissent, and Asian Americans from 1850 to the Present: A Documentary History, Greenwood Press 1993.

Wednesday, April 20 Aguilar-San Juan, Introduction and Chapter 1

Wednesday, April 20 FILM Home from the Eastern Sea (7:00 Moore I & Thurs. 4:00 CB102)

Friday, April 22 DISCUSSION: "Racism and Model Minorities"

Monday, April 25 Aguilar-San Juan, Chapters 3, 5 and 10

Wednesday, April 27 Aguilar-San Juan, Chapters 13, 15 and 17

Friday, April 29 DISCUSSION: ''PanAsian Identity and Action"

FINAL PRESENTATIONS

Monday, May 2 FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATIONS

Wednesday, May 4 FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATIONS

Friday, May 6 FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATIONS ALL FINAL PROJECTS DUE