SPACES S.E.E.D.

(Student Education and

Empowerment Division)
ETHN 198: Spring Quarter 2016
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 5:00pm-6:20pm
Professor Daphne Taylor-Garcia
E-mail: dtg@ucsd.edu
Office Hours: by appointment
Facilitators: Elzbeth Islas & Jessica Hatrick-Watson
E-mail: practicum.spaces.ucsd@gmail.com
Office Hours: Mondays 3pm-4pm, Tuesdays 2pm-3.30pm, Wednesdays 3pm-4pm, and
Thursdays 2pm-3.30pm

This course will be an introduction to social justice, educational equity, and the
herstory/history/ourstory of UCSD and SPACES. We will be attempting to cover a lot in
these classes, and do not want you to view it as a comprehensive look at any of these
issues, but as an introductory space that can inspire you to seek out more information
and should facilitate your time at SPACES.

All required texts will be provided in the course reader. Links to clips, films, and
documentaries will be provided on our website.

1. Attendance: you may miss up to two classes, no questions asked. After this you
may only miss class for an excused absence (i.e. medical, family, or personal
emergency- you will need to provide documentation of this absence to us). Please
arrive to class on time, if you arrive more than five minutes late you will be marked
as absent.
2. Completion of tracking form, pre-eval, and post-eval forms (all linked to on our
website and emailed out).
3. Participation, here are some options for participating in this class:
a. adding to discussion in class
b. actively listening to discussion in class
c. reflecting on class in your blog/journal
d. discussing class with us in office hours
e. meet with your classmates outside of class and document your discussion
f. notify the class of relevant events
g. any other creative way you can actively participate in class
4. Readings:
a. You must come to class having done all readings.
5. Weekly Reading Responses:
a. one page, double spaced, 12pt font
b. must include a critical question or insight for each reading for that week
c. can relate topic to ones own experiences
d. can be a response to readings/lecture
e. due in class on Tuesdays responding to the past weeks readings, if there
were no readings that previous week, you may respond to the lectures
f. we will only be counting eight out of the ten
6. Plan All-Staff Retreat (in Session 10a and finish up outside of class).
7. Final (due with post-eval by 11.59pm on Wednesday June 8th, please email to
practicum.spaces.ucsd@gmail.com):
a. You must write a SPACES manifesto/mission statement. You will experiment
with the manifesto format to articulate your thoughts on the mission and
ideals of SPACES. We will provide examples of this on the website.

Course Policies:
Correspondence
All course email should be directed to practicum.spaces.ucsd@gmail.com. We will try to
respond to all emails within 24 hours.
Academic Integrity
Whether intentional or inadvertent, plagiarism is a serious violation. All work submitted in
this course must be your own. The use of sources such as ideas, quotations, paraphrases,
or anything written by someone else must be properly acknowledged and cited, including
when within your blog. If you have questions about the proper citation of sources, please
ask us. Students who plagiarize, or who cheat on an exam, will be subject to disciplinary
action in accordance with University policy. Students are expected to be familiar with
UCSDs Policy on Integrity of Scholarship:
http://www.senate.ucsd.edu/manual/appendices/app2.htm#AP14.
Disability Support
If you have a disability needing accommodations, please inform us, so we can work with
you to the best of our abilities.
Electronic Devices and Laptops
Electronic devices are allowed in this class, but you must respect the time of those around
you, and those who are teaching the class. If you are seen using electronic devices for
anything other than notetaking in class, we will no longer allow you to use your laptop.

Majoring or Minoring in Ethnic Studies

Many students take an Ethnic Studies course because the topic is of great interest or
because of a need to fulfill a social science, non-contiguous, or other college requirement.
Often students have taken three or four classes out of interest yet do not realize how
close they are to a major, a minor, or even a double major. An Ethnic Studies major is
excellent preparation for a career in law, education, medicine, public health, social work,
counseling, journalism, government and politics, international relations, and many other
careers. If you would like information about the Ethnic Studies major or minor, please
contact: Daisy Rodrguez, Ethnic Studies Department Undergraduate Advisor 858-5343277 or d1rodriguez@ucsd.edu or visit www.ethnicstudies.ucsd.edu

Reading Schedule (subject to change):

UNIT ONE: Introduction
Session 1a (3/29): Introduction To The Course
Location: Bear Room

*Starred readings are not in the reader,

but will be linked to on the website.

Facilitator: Elzbeth & Jessica

o No Reading
Session 1b (3/31): Isms
Location: Bear Room
Facilitator: Cella, Elzbeth, & Jessica
o No Reading
Session 2a (4/5): What is Social Justice? What is Privilege? [21 pages of reading]
Location: Bear Room
Facilitator: CCC (Nancy Magpusao)
o The Cycle of Socialization by Bobbie Harro
o Exploring Eco-Privilege by Ella Baker
o Intersectionality is a Big Fancy Word for my Life by Mia Ingus
o Revealing Caitlyn Jenner: My Thoughts on Media, Privilege, Healthcare Access,
and Glamour by Janet Mock
Session 2b (4/7): Equality vs. Equity [8 pages of reading]
Location: Bear Room
Facilitator: Edwina Welch
o Why I want You To Rethink Everything You Thought You Knew About Being An
Ally by Mira Charlotte Krishnan
UNIT TWO: ACCESS
Session 3a (4/12): School-To-Prison Pipeline [14 pages of reading]
Location: Bear Room

Facilitator: Gerardo Arrellano

o Introduction from Golden Gulag by Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Session 3b (4/14): Affirmative Action and Prop 209 [21 pages of reading]
Location: Bear Room
Facilitator: Malathi Iyengar
o Living Borders/Buscado America: Language of Latino Self-Formation by Juan
Flores and George Yudice
o A Critical Race Counterstory of Race, Racism, and Affirmative Action by Daniel G.
Solorzano and Tara J. Yosso
Session 4a (4/19): Redlining, Public Education Funding, White Flight [29 minutes of video
+ 14 pages of reading]
Location: Bear Room
Facilitator: Yelena Bailey
o *Clip from Race: The Power of An Illusion
o Young, Black, and (Still) in the Red: Parental Wealth, Race, and Student Loan Debt
by Fenaba R. Addo, Jason N. Houle, and Daniel Simon
o Why Even Wealthy Black Students Have More Student Loan Debt by Molly
Hensley-Clancy
Session 4b (4/21): Anti-Blackness and Other Forms of Institutionalized Racism in K-12
Education [75 minutes of video]
Location: Bear Room
Facilitator: Amrah Salomon
o *Precious Knowledge (documentary)
UNIT THREE: RETENTION
Session 5a (4/26): Intersectionality and Intersectional Experiences Part I [60 pages of
reading]
Location: Bear Room
Facilitator: Panel
o Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against
Women of Color by Kimberle Crenshaw

Session 5b (4/28): Intersectionality and Intersectional Experiences Part II [8 minutes of

video + 8 pages of reading]
Location: Thurgood Marshall College Room
Facilitator: Panel
o *On Intersectionality in Feminism and Pizza (video)
o *Laverne Cox Talks about Intersectionality at Harvard (video)
o MY FEMINISM WILL BE INTERSECTIONAL OR IT WILL BE BULLSHIT! By Team
Tiger Beatdown
Session 6a (5/3): Privatization/Neoliberalism of Higher Education [16 pages of reading]
Location: Bear Room
Facilitator: Ly Nguyen
o Neoliberalism, Militarization, and the Price of Dissent: Policing Protest at the
University of California by Farah Godrej
Session 6b (5/5): Nation-Wide Anti-Blackness [17 pages of reading]
Location: Bear Room
Facilitator: Dayo Gore
o The Bay Area Roots of Black Lives Matter by Julia Carrie Wong
UNIT FOUR: UCSD
Session 7a (5/10): Model Minority vs. Yellow Peril [30 pages of reading]
Location: Bear Room
Facilitator: Angela Kong
o Chapter 1: Introduction from Re-examining Diversity Policy at University of
California, San Diego: The Racial Politics of Asian Americans by Angela Kong
Session 7b (5/12): Change/Protest [32 pages of reading]
Location: Bear Room
Facilitator: Patrick Velasquez & Jennifer Mogannam
o The Internalization of Higher Education in San Diego County and Its Effects on
Chicanos/Latinos by the San Diego Chicano/Latino Concilio on Higher Education
o The Status of Chicanos/as~Latinos/as at UCSD: Analysis and Recommendation

o The Vision: SDSU as a World-Class, National Flagship, Hispanic-Serving Institution

(HSI)
o Rethinking the Single Story: BDS, Transnational Cross Movement Building and the
Palestine Analytic By Loubna Qutami
Session 8a (5/17): Compton Cookout & Black Winter [11 minutes of video + 17 pages of
reading]
Location: Bear Room
Facilitator: Leslie Quintanilla
o Compton Cookout Invite
o Excerpts from Another University Is Possible
o *UC San Diego- Chronicles of Racism 2010 Pt. 1 (video)
o *UC San Diego- Chronicles of Racism 2010 Pt. 2 (video)
o *UC San Diego- Chronicles of Racism 2010 Pt. 3 (video)
o *UCSD Compton Cookout Protest 2/24/2010 (video)
UNIT FIVE: SPACES
Session 8b (5/19): SPACES Ourstory Part I [12 pages of reading]
Location: Thurgood Marshall College Room
Facilitator: Joseph Ruanto-Ramirez
o Excerpts from SPACES Cycle IX Training Binder
Session 9a (5/23): SPACES Ourstory Part II [60 minutes of audio]
Location: Bear Room
Facilitator: Bill, Nikko, Viri, Elzbeth, and Jessica
o *Three Miles from This American Life (podcast)
Session 9b (5/25): SPACES Ourstory Part III
Location: Bear Room
Facilitator: Allison, Cella, Nicolas, and Sandra
o No Reading
Session 10a (5/31): All-Staff Retreat: Program Proposals 101
Location: Bear Room

Facilitator: Essence, Elzbeth, and Jessica

o No Reading
Session 10b (6/2): Conclusion
Location: Bear Room
o No Reading