AAS 205 - Spring 2002

General Announcements/Assignements -    For recommended readings and old assignments click here

Office Hours/Help -
Eric Mar [ericmar@att.net] - @ HSS 244 Mondays 12:10 -2:30; Weds after 12 noon by appointment.
Anjela Wong [aas205@hotmail.com] - @ ASU [Asian Student Union] office in the student union mezzanine level; Tues 12:30-3pm and Weds 12-2pm.

NOTE!!!

Weeks 4/22 and 4/29

FINAL PROJECT ASSNMT [proposal due 4/29, presentations 5/13-17, final paper due 5/17]

Fri 4/19 Finish E-Reserve [ password is 'resistance'] Readings on Lau and education for English Learners; readings on WINS garment workers and other assigned newspaper readings on immigration related issues

Mon 4/22 - Lau outlines due in class; finish Chapter 6 [Identity]
Wed 4/24 - Finish Chapter 6; BIG group written assignment given out in class [due at end of semester]
Fri 4/26 and Mon 4/29 Finish Chapter 7 [law and racial hierarchy]

Community event papers {2} due Mon 5/6
No class on Wed 5/8


Weeks 4/8 and 4/15

Read chapter 5 of Ancheta by Monday 4/8.
Monday 4/8 - Oral History Papers due at beginning of class; groups discuss your papers and family histories. finish Chapter 5.
Wednesday 4/10 - Discuss Language Equality & Intro to Lau vs. Nichols [1974]
Friday 4/12 - Read Lau vs. Nichols case by clicking this hyperlink
Review questions [in class 4/12]

Mon & Wed 4/15-4/17 - More READINGS on Educational Rights for Immigrant Students on Electronic Reserve [password is 'resistance'


4/1 week

Finish .  For Guidelines for oral history interviews/papers click here.
No Class Monday 4/1 [Cesar Chavez Holiday celebrated]
Wed 4/3 - Due Oral History interview write ups in beginning of class.
Friday 4/5 - No class meeting [work on your Oral History papers]



Week 1 [1/28] SF State Strike and the Birth of AAS
Film - On Strike! SF State 1969 [ AV# 80059 ];
Readings: Alex Hing "On Strike Shut it Down" from East Wind 1983 and
Peter Kiang "AAS moving into the 3rd decade" from Gidra 1990

Due Monday 2/4 San Francisco State Strike 1968-69 Reading and written assignment

Week 2 [2/4] - Focus - The Strike, AAS, US Constitution and 'using' history to illuminate the present
Using History to Illuminate the Present;
SF State 1968/69 - Legacy of the Strike & other 'Social Movements';
Asian Americans, 9/11 Aftermath & the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights;
API's Neither Black Nor White;
Racism in Context - Anti-Asian violence;
Working in Teams/Supporting one another

Readings:  Ancheta - Intro and Chapter 1; U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights and amendments

Week 3 [2/11] - Focus - Day of Remembrance 2/19/42 to 9/11/01 - Lessons from the JA Internment
Understanding the Asian American Experience - Exclusion/Subordination/Resistance
Racialization of Asian & Pacific Islanders and Immigrants in the U.S.
Nativism & Anti-Asian sentiments in U.S. Immigration policy
Demographic Trends
Asian Americans and the Legal System
'Looking like the enemy' - racialization and the japanese american internment
'Korematsu vs. U.S.' and the 'coram nobis' cases

Readings: Ancheta Chapters 2
Film:  Unfinished Business: The Japanese American Internment Cases [AV# 84525]
                            Video Cassette - 58 - Color - 1984


Due Friday 2/22 Japanese American Internment assignment
Week 4 -5 [[2/18 and 2/25] - Focus - Resistance in Asian & Pacific Islander Communities; The Redress and Reparations Movement and grassroots organizing among API students and communities; War and Civil Liberties

        2/20 Guest speaker: Dina Shek - Bay Area Day of Remembrance Consortium
        Readings: Ancheta Chapter 3; website readings; War Times
        Film:  Rabbit in the Moon [instructor's copy - will be placed on reserve in the library after 2/22]
 

Assignments:
          Due Monday 2/25 - Letter to Dina Shek assignment [2 copies]
        Due Monday 2/25 - Letter to Editor of War Times assignment [emailed to ericmar@att.net]
Due Monday 3/4 - Rabbit in the Moon/War Times assignment


Week 6  [3/4] - Wen Ho Lee and Racial Profiling today

Readings:  Wen Ho Lee packet on electronic reserve - click here to find them [case sensitive password = 'resistance']
read the NYTimes article by monday 3/4 and finish the rest by friday 3/8; review the suggested reading time lines; for Mon 3/11 read Ancheta Chapter 4: Race, Nativism & Citizenship;
Focus 1 : Racial scapegoating today:  the U.S. government witchhunt and community efforts to free Wen Ho Lee
Focus 2:  The March 5 elections - barriers to political participation and democracy
 
Guest lecturer [for 3/4-8]:  Phil Ting, President of OCA [Organization of Chinese Americans] - SF Chapter
Film:  New California Media video on the Wen Ho Lee case
Readings:  Electronic reserves; begin Ancheta Chapter 4 & Handouts and website links re immigration history
Weeks 7-8  [3/11 & 3/18] - Immigrant Rights in the Post 9/11period of intense Nativism
Readings- finish Ancheta Chapter 4;
4 short immigrtion readings on website:
ABC's of Immigration [National Immigration Forum]
Chronology: Changes in Immigration Law [National Immigration Forum]
Cycles of Nativism in U.S. History [National Immigration Forum]
Facts on Naturalization [National Immigration Forum
Yuri Kochiyama article from East Bay Express
Readings on Immigrant Airport Screeners

Spring Break Week [3/25-29]

Work on oral history interviews/papers.  For Guidelines for papers click here.
Read Chapter 5 of Ancheta between now and Monday 4/8.

No Class Monday 4/1 [Cesar Chavez Holiday celebrated]

Wed 4/3 - Due Oral History interview write ups in beginning of class.

Friday 4/5 - No class meeting [work on your Oral History papers]

Monday 4/8 - Oral History Papers due at beginning of class; discuss your papers and family histories in your class groups.


Community Event Assignments [due May 6]