	101 Gowen Hall, Box 353530 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-3530
	Ph: 206-543-2780
POL S 317: Racial and Ethnic Politics in the U.S.

Tuesday & Thursday, 12:00 - 1:20 pm, Kane Hall 220
Professor: Matt A. Barreto
Email: mbarreto@washington.edu
Office: Gowen 139
Office Hours: Wed. 9:00 – 11:00 am

Course Syllabus and Reading Assignments


Week 1		INTRODUCTION / OVERVIEW							
Sept. 30	MBDA, “Minority Population Growth 1995 – 2050” ONLINE
		Lowe & Zhao “Washington Minority Population Growth Continues” ONLINE
		Hobbs & Stoops, “Demographic Trends in the 20th Century” pp 71 – 111 ONLINE

Oct. 2		Race and the 2008 Presidential Election
		[ Readings posted online ]


Week 2		OVERVIEW OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC POLITICS					
		Oct. 7	Bowler & Segura, “Introduction”, pp 1 – 25
		Luis Fraga, in Bowler & Segura, “Racial and Ethnic Politics...” pp 278 – 301
		Susanne Dovi, “Preferable Descriptive Representatives” pp 729 – 743 ONLINE

Oct. 9		Race in Presidential Campaign Commercials
		[ Readings posted online ]


Week 3		THE DEVILS HIGHWAY							
Oct. 14		Urrea, The Devil’s Highway

Oct. 16		Immigration as an Election Issue
		Barreto & Woods in Bowler & Segura, pp 148 – 169.
		[ Additional readings posted online ]


Week 4		LATINO POLITICS								
Oct. 21		Garcia & Sanchez, “People, Politics, Power” pp 6 – 30
		Garcia & Sanchez, “Attitudinal, Constitutional, Historical” pp 31 – 55
		Garcia & Sanchez, “Demographic-Socioeconomic Setting,” pp 56 – 78

Oct. 22		7PM – LUIS ALBERTO URREA LECTURE, DEVIL’S HIGHWAY

Oct. 23		Short Paper #1 due by 12:00 PM in class
		Garcia & Sanchez, “Latino Public Opinion,” pp 91 – 119 
		Garcia & Sanchez, “Participation – Voting,” pp 120 – 147
		Garcia & Sanchez, “Participation – Political Parties,” pp 182 – 197


Week 5		AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICS						
Oct. 28		Johnson & Gordon in Bowler & Segura, pp 102 – 122
		Tate, “Blacks and the Democratic Party,” pp 50 – 74

Oct. 30		Tate, “The New Black Politics,” pp 1 – 19
		Tate, “Race, Class, and Black Policy Views,” pp 20 – 49
		Election Predictions – turn in online


Week 6		RACE AND THE 2008 ELECTION						
Nov. 4		Review Campaign Commercials made by class
		What do the op-eds and pundits say about race?
		[ Readings posted online ]

Nov. 6		Election 2008 Recap – What role did race play?
		

Week 7		ASIAN AMERICAN POLITICS							
Nov. 11		Nakanishi & Lai, “Historical Forms of Civic Engagement,” pp 19 – 45
		Ong & Nakanishi, “Becoming Citizens, Becoming Voters,” pp 113 – 133

Nov. 13		Lien, “Ethnicity and Political Adaptation,” pp 193 – 210 
		Wong, “Gender and Political Involvement,” pp 211 – 229
		Lai, “Asian Pacific Americans and the Pan-Ethnic Question,” pp 247 – 259
		[ Week 7 Powerpoint ]	


Week 8		PUBLIC POLICY CONSIDERATIONS						
Nov. 18		Garcia & Sanchez, “Latinos and Public Policies,” pp 267 – 304
		Preserving a Fundamental Right: Reauthorization of the VRA   ONLINE

Nov. 20		Ong, “The Affirmative Action Divide,” pp 377 – 405
		Assessing Affirmative Action	   ONLINE
		Divided Court Limits Use of Race by Schools  ONLINE


Week 9		PUBLIC POLICY CONSIDERATIONS						
Nov. 25		Wu, “Profiling Principle: The prosecution of Wen Ho Lee,” pp 297 – 301
		Racial Profiling Case Study – Missouri  ONLINE
		[ Week 9 Powerpoint ]	

Nov. 26		NO QUIZ SECTION

Nov. 27		NO CLASS – THANKSGIVING BREAK
	


Week 10		REVIEW WEEK								
Dec. 2		Review for Final Exam

Dec. 4		Guest Lecture: Ben Gonzalez, "Attitudes Towards Immigration"



Finals Week										
Dec. 11		Final Exam, 10:30 – 12:20
		Kane Hall 220