ENGL 1A: Not So Different—Conversations About America and Race

DH De La O, The Dept. of English & Comparative Literature @ SJSU

Wisconsin man wears a Hitler costume for Halloween, is promptly fired from his job (US News & World Report)
Latinos poised to win a record number of Congressional seats in midterms (NBC News)
University of Tennessee reporter calls out racist tweets, then has her own racist tweets resurfaced (Yahoo! News
Big jump in Latino, Black, and Asian home ownership in 2021 (Washington Post)
Sesame Street gets its first Latino executive producer (NBC News)

DH De La O,

The Department of English and Comparative Literature at San José State University

Office Hours:

Tue/Thu 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. (also by appointment; via Zoom only)

Courses:

96 (49624) Mon/Wed 7:30 – 8:45 a.m.

97 (49625) Mon/Wed 9:00 – 10:15 a.m.

Please see syllabus for Zoom login details

"‘Gordita Chronicles’ and Other Latino Series Deserve More from Hollywood" (HuffPost)
"Forty-four Photos from the Anti-Civil Rights Movement that United Most of White America in the 1960s" (AllThatsInteresting)
"The History of Asian Representation in Film” (Vice)
"Why Aren't There More Latinos in Hollywood Movies and TV?" (San Diego Union-Tribune)
“2022 Might be the Year the Latino Storyline in Hollywood is Rewritten“ (NJ.com)
“A Summer of Protests, in Photos” (Deseret News)
“In 2022, Asian Representation in TV and Film is Better, but Still has Room to Grow” (TheWorkPrint)
“The Complex History of Asian Americans in Movies, from the Silent Era to Crazy Rich Asians” (Washington Post)
“Why Do Asian-Americans Remain Largely Unseen in Film and Television?” (New York Times)
“Why is Progress So Slow for Latinos in Hollywood?” (UCLA)
”A Brutally Honest History of Latinos in Hollywood” (Los Angeles Times)