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HUMI 5

Storytelling in American Culture · 4 units · used in 5 transfer pathways

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About this course

This course critically examines how stories are told, memories are selected, organized, transformed, contested, and retold among different racial and ethnic groups within the United States, during the 20th and 21st centuries. The stories of primarily Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latinx peoples in conversation with White Supremacy. The course articulates and critically analyzes concepts including race, racism, racialization, ethnicity, ethnocentrism, Eurocentrism, white supremacy, equity, self-determination, resistance, liberation, decolonization, sovereignty, imperialism, settler colonialism, and anti-racism.

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Fall 2026 · updated Sep 3, 3:00 PM UTC
HUMI 5Storytelling in American CultureOpen1 section · 18 seats reported · 1 instructor
  • CRN 27717 · 50Wood · TBA TBA · ONLINEOpen · 18

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Prerequisites

The De Anza catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.

Advisory: “ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005.

Transfer pathways that use HUMI 5

ASSIST maps HUMI 5 to a requirement in 5 published pathways from De Anza College.

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