Ethnic Studies: Dissent is Patriotic
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The content and tone of Ethnic Studies: Dissent is Patriotic comes from the totality of the author's lived, working, and teaching experiences. For students who are new to the field of Ethnic Studies, this textbook was written for them. This is why each chapter ends with both chapter review questions and critical reflection questions. the author wants students to have the opportunity to engage the book in both intellectual and personal ways.
The publication, available as an eBook,is a fraction of what a traditional textbook costs. In addition, this Kendall Hunt eBook contains embedded links to videos and articles. (Great for those of us who are visual learners). Finally, as an eBook , the author is able to update the content easier moving forward.
Ethnic Studies: Dissent is Patriotic:
- Includes "teachable moments" and ties them to the field of ethnic studies. The core learning begins with Chapter 1 which defines the discipline: the history of the founding of Ethnic Studies as well as the primary theoretical and learning components of the field. Critical Race Theory (the engine that drives the discipline) and the ongoing critiques of the field round out the chapter.
- Chapter 2 Indigenous People, Chapter 3 Latinx, Chapter 4 African Americans, and Chapter 5 Asian Americans are all core populations that have to be examined in an introductory course in Ethnic Studies. Colonialism, ethnocentrism, genocide, immigration, borders, paternalism, chattel slavery, Jim Crow, variable justice are a few of the themes that flow throughout these four chapters.
- Chapter 6 Contested Identity: Race, Ethnicity, & Religion, Chapter 7 Additional Systems of Inequality, and Chapter 8 Active Citizenship round out the book. The construction of whiteness, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, systems of privilege and inequality, gender, sexuality, structural violence, persons with disabilities are a few of the many highlights of chapters 6 and 7. Chapter 8 explores the idea of taking classroom learning and applying knowledge into action. An overview of U.S. values, redress and reparations and the idea of active citizenship get students to the finish line.
About the Author
My Beginnings and Surroundings
Military
College
Career
Homelife
Acknowledgements
Gotta give Props
My Elders have my Back
Con Safos
Welcome/Introduction
A Book Introducing Ethnic Studies
Dr. Arroyo and the Gift of Plain Language
Twenty-Five-Cent Words
Chapter 1: Ethnic Studies (one coin, two sides)
Defining Ethnic Studies
Challenging the Western Canon Status Quo
Riot Gear, Tear Gas, Batons: TWLF in California
My College’s Origin Story
Critical Race Theory (The Engine that Drives the Car)
The Ethnic Studies Class
We Hate ES, Yes We Do. We Hate ES How About You?
Words and Phrases Remembered
Chapter Review Questions
Critical Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 2: Indigenous People (They were here. They’re still here)
A Quick Test
Names, and Labels, and Identities, Oh My
G is for Genocide
Ethnocentrism
C is for Colonialism
Removing the Indian from the Indian
They Were Here. They’re Still Here
A Sidebar on Pacific and Caribbean Islanders
Words and Phrases Remembered
Chapter Review Questions
Critical Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 3: Latinx (Go back to where exactly?)
Getting Personal with Labels
Ideas Regarding Identity Development
Current Theories of Ethnicity
Primordialist School
Constructionist School
Instrumentalist School
The “X” is Significant
Go Back to Where Exactly?
We Like Big Walls and We Can’t Deny
Borders and Unnecessary Suffering
On Beliefs (Prejudice) and Actions (Discrimination)
Prejudice and Discrimination
Theories of Prejudice
Scapegoat Theory
Authoritarian Personality Theory
Culture Theory
Emigration and Immigration
Three Different Approaches to Latinx Immigration
An Ethnicity Without a Race
Words and Phrases Remembered
Chapter Review Questions
Critical Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 4: African Americans (Rising above the toxicity)
Activism that Benefits Us All
Majoring in the Ethnic Studies Disciplines
1619–1865: Period of Chattel Slavery
Paternalism (A Lasting Form of Control)
1865–1965: Period of Apartheid
A Horrible Window Display
Jim Crow (Sports Mascot of Racist Bigots)
1965–Present: Period of “Freedom”
Two Types of Kneeling Knees
Bad Apples and Good Unions
Words and Phrases Remembered
Chapter Review Questions
Critical Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 5: Asian Americans (Red-blooded and Bloodied Americans)
Cheap Excuses to Hurt Others
Ideology Driving Bigotry and Hate
Weaponized Words (Ethnophaulisms and Stereotypes)
Appetite for Low-Wage Labor
Chinese Exclusion Act (Origins of Yellow Peril)
Japanese Laborers and Three Levels of Prejudice
Wartime Hysteria (Another Yellow Peril Excuse)
Thank You for Your Service
Words and Phrases Remembered
Chapter Review Questions
Critical Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 6: Contested Identity: Race, Ethnicity, & Religion (E Pluribus Unum is the claim)
Swimming Pools and Dirt
The Racial Perfect Storm
Constructing Whiteness (the Strategic Decision)
What is Whiteness?
Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
James Banks’ Typology of Identity Development
Anti-Semitism
Islamophobia
Telling Stories
Innocent American Life: My Experience as a Muslim Woman: Aaminah Norris
Learning Arabic: Dan West
Words and Phrases Remembered
Chapter Review Questions
Critical Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 7: Additional Systems of Inequality (Leaning into basic human rights)
Signaling Allyship
Gender & Biology
Systems of Privilege & Inequality
Power & Institutions
Sexuality
Social Construction
Politics & Violence
Turning into a PWD (Persons with Disability)
Disabled Veterans and the March on Washington
Ugly Laws
Able-Bodiedness and Inequality
The Ideology of Ableism
Problems Experienced by People with Disabilities
Words and Phrases Remembered
Chapter Review Questions
Critical Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 8: Active Citizenship (Last words that aren’t weak sauce)
Breaking Through into Action
More of the Then and Now
The Power of the Sample of One
Critique and the Love of Country
An Overview of US Values
Redress and Reparations
Freaking Vote!
Congratulations
Words and Phrases Remembered
Chapter Review Questions
Critical Reflection Questions
References
Michael Sámano has held the position as Coordinator, Ethnic Studies at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon since 1999. He is an Oregonian, navy veteran, son, brother, husband and father (and a “Boomer” according to his sons). A first-generation college graduate, Sámano is an alum of Lane Community College (A.A.), the University of Oregon (B.A.), Humboldt State University (M.A.), the University of California, Davis (M.A.), and Oregon State University (Ph.D.). When he’s not dropping the mic in the classroom, he values spending time with his family. Beyond that, there’s always a task to complete on the property. Post pandemic, he looks forward to getting back to large sporting events, classic car shows, and hard rock concerts.
The content and tone of Ethnic Studies: Dissent is Patriotic comes from the totality of the author's lived, working, and teaching experiences. For students who are new to the field of Ethnic Studies, this textbook was written for them. This is why each chapter ends with both chapter review questions and critical reflection questions. the author wants students to have the opportunity to engage the book in both intellectual and personal ways.
The publication, available as an eBook,is a fraction of what a traditional textbook costs. In addition, this Kendall Hunt eBook contains embedded links to videos and articles. (Great for those of us who are visual learners). Finally, as an eBook , the author is able to update the content easier moving forward.
Ethnic Studies: Dissent is Patriotic:
- Includes "teachable moments" and ties them to the field of ethnic studies. The core learning begins with Chapter 1 which defines the discipline: the history of the founding of Ethnic Studies as well as the primary theoretical and learning components of the field. Critical Race Theory (the engine that drives the discipline) and the ongoing critiques of the field round out the chapter.
- Chapter 2 Indigenous People, Chapter 3 Latinx, Chapter 4 African Americans, and Chapter 5 Asian Americans are all core populations that have to be examined in an introductory course in Ethnic Studies. Colonialism, ethnocentrism, genocide, immigration, borders, paternalism, chattel slavery, Jim Crow, variable justice are a few of the themes that flow throughout these four chapters.
- Chapter 6 Contested Identity: Race, Ethnicity, & Religion, Chapter 7 Additional Systems of Inequality, and Chapter 8 Active Citizenship round out the book. The construction of whiteness, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, systems of privilege and inequality, gender, sexuality, structural violence, persons with disabilities are a few of the many highlights of chapters 6 and 7. Chapter 8 explores the idea of taking classroom learning and applying knowledge into action. An overview of U.S. values, redress and reparations and the idea of active citizenship get students to the finish line.
About the Author
My Beginnings and Surroundings
Military
College
Career
Homelife
Acknowledgements
Gotta give Props
My Elders have my Back
Con Safos
Welcome/Introduction
A Book Introducing Ethnic Studies
Dr. Arroyo and the Gift of Plain Language
Twenty-Five-Cent Words
Chapter 1: Ethnic Studies (one coin, two sides)
Defining Ethnic Studies
Challenging the Western Canon Status Quo
Riot Gear, Tear Gas, Batons: TWLF in California
My College’s Origin Story
Critical Race Theory (The Engine that Drives the Car)
The Ethnic Studies Class
We Hate ES, Yes We Do. We Hate ES How About You?
Words and Phrases Remembered
Chapter Review Questions
Critical Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 2: Indigenous People (They were here. They’re still here)
A Quick Test
Names, and Labels, and Identities, Oh My
G is for Genocide
Ethnocentrism
C is for Colonialism
Removing the Indian from the Indian
They Were Here. They’re Still Here
A Sidebar on Pacific and Caribbean Islanders
Words and Phrases Remembered
Chapter Review Questions
Critical Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 3: Latinx (Go back to where exactly?)
Getting Personal with Labels
Ideas Regarding Identity Development
Current Theories of Ethnicity
Primordialist School
Constructionist School
Instrumentalist School
The “X” is Significant
Go Back to Where Exactly?
We Like Big Walls and We Can’t Deny
Borders and Unnecessary Suffering
On Beliefs (Prejudice) and Actions (Discrimination)
Prejudice and Discrimination
Theories of Prejudice
Scapegoat Theory
Authoritarian Personality Theory
Culture Theory
Emigration and Immigration
Three Different Approaches to Latinx Immigration
An Ethnicity Without a Race
Words and Phrases Remembered
Chapter Review Questions
Critical Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 4: African Americans (Rising above the toxicity)
Activism that Benefits Us All
Majoring in the Ethnic Studies Disciplines
1619–1865: Period of Chattel Slavery
Paternalism (A Lasting Form of Control)
1865–1965: Period of Apartheid
A Horrible Window Display
Jim Crow (Sports Mascot of Racist Bigots)
1965–Present: Period of “Freedom”
Two Types of Kneeling Knees
Bad Apples and Good Unions
Words and Phrases Remembered
Chapter Review Questions
Critical Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 5: Asian Americans (Red-blooded and Bloodied Americans)
Cheap Excuses to Hurt Others
Ideology Driving Bigotry and Hate
Weaponized Words (Ethnophaulisms and Stereotypes)
Appetite for Low-Wage Labor
Chinese Exclusion Act (Origins of Yellow Peril)
Japanese Laborers and Three Levels of Prejudice
Wartime Hysteria (Another Yellow Peril Excuse)
Thank You for Your Service
Words and Phrases Remembered
Chapter Review Questions
Critical Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 6: Contested Identity: Race, Ethnicity, & Religion (E Pluribus Unum is the claim)
Swimming Pools and Dirt
The Racial Perfect Storm
Constructing Whiteness (the Strategic Decision)
What is Whiteness?
Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
James Banks’ Typology of Identity Development
Anti-Semitism
Islamophobia
Telling Stories
Innocent American Life: My Experience as a Muslim Woman: Aaminah Norris
Learning Arabic: Dan West
Words and Phrases Remembered
Chapter Review Questions
Critical Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 7: Additional Systems of Inequality (Leaning into basic human rights)
Signaling Allyship
Gender & Biology
Systems of Privilege & Inequality
Power & Institutions
Sexuality
Social Construction
Politics & Violence
Turning into a PWD (Persons with Disability)
Disabled Veterans and the March on Washington
Ugly Laws
Able-Bodiedness and Inequality
The Ideology of Ableism
Problems Experienced by People with Disabilities
Words and Phrases Remembered
Chapter Review Questions
Critical Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 8: Active Citizenship (Last words that aren’t weak sauce)
Breaking Through into Action
More of the Then and Now
The Power of the Sample of One
Critique and the Love of Country
An Overview of US Values
Redress and Reparations
Freaking Vote!
Congratulations
Words and Phrases Remembered
Chapter Review Questions
Critical Reflection Questions
References
Michael Sámano has held the position as Coordinator, Ethnic Studies at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon since 1999. He is an Oregonian, navy veteran, son, brother, husband and father (and a “Boomer” according to his sons). A first-generation college graduate, Sámano is an alum of Lane Community College (A.A.), the University of Oregon (B.A.), Humboldt State University (M.A.), the University of California, Davis (M.A.), and Oregon State University (Ph.D.). When he’s not dropping the mic in the classroom, he values spending time with his family. Beyond that, there’s always a task to complete on the property. Post pandemic, he looks forward to getting back to large sporting events, classic car shows, and hard rock concerts.