I hope you have a relaxing and productive spring break. We’ll come back after the break and return to our regular class format–a student-led discussion of a book and a critical evaluation exercise.
When we come back we will be discussing Racial Propositions: Ballot Initiatives and the Making of Postwar California, by Daniel Martinez HoSang. It is a wonderfully written and argued book that you’ll undoubtedly find useful to your own thinking about race and racism in the late 20th century. It has 8 chapters and an introduction and a conclusion, so you might want to divide your reading into 10 sections total.
Here is the author discussing his book during a recent visit to Pitzer College. (Unfortunately, the sounds if terrible quality, so you’ll have to crank it up.)
Take care…
Best of luck on Sunday!