Prerequisite: GVPT170 and GVPT201 Restriction: Must be in Government & Politics or International Relations program.

This course explores the paradox that Latinxs in the U.S. are formally classified as racially "white" while remaining ethnically distinct in law, politics, and everyday life. We investigate how the full spectrum of U.S. institutions have shaped racial boundaries, how colorism and Afro-Latinidad complicate belonging, and how Americans of diverse national origins have come to form a panethnic identity that defies classifications defined along a Black-white binary. Students will gain hands-on experience with GIS mapping, using demographic data to visualize how populations change across time and place. Further, students will use social network analysis to examine how Latinx communities expand, integrate, or remain distinct, and how shifts in population size alter relationships within the group and across racial and ethnic lines.