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WN 2007 American Culture AMCULT 301 - Topics in American Culture Section 001 Asian Pacific Islander American History and the Law. Meets Feb 13 - Mar 20, 2007. (Drop/Add deadline=Feb. 20).
Credits:	1
Other:	Theme
Repeatability:	May be elected twice for credit.
Primary Instructor:	Hwang,Roland
	(real time availability for all sections)

This course is an overview of how federal and state laws have affected the Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) experience and presence in the United States. The course will cover the APIA historical timeline, exclusion laws, alien land laws, World War II internment of Japanese Americans, affirmative action as it applies to APIAs, civil rights and racial hate crime violence, bilingual issues in education and the workplace, post-9/11 issues, among other topics.

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