1st Edition
Introduction to Comparative Ethnic Studies Decolonial Love, Knowledge, and Revolution
Introduction
Nicholas L. Baham, III, Jocyl Sacramento, Carlos Manuel Salomon, and Jennifer Kim-Anh Tran
Part A: Love
Love: The First Step Toward Liberation
Carlos Manuel Salomon, Jocyl Sacramento, Jennifer Kim-Anh Tran, and Nicholas L. Baham, III
1. Learning Comparative Ethnic Studies: Critical Pedagogies of Decolonial Love
Jocyl Sacramento
2. Decolonization: Movement, Theory, Practice, and Transformation
Nicole Blalock and Roberto D. Hernández
3. Immigration: Inclusions, Exclusions, and Mobilizations
Lisa Sun-Hee Park
4. Class, Labor, and Racial Capitalism
Keon Liberato, Anndretta Lyle, Martin Smith, Nicholas L. Baham, III, and Hossein Ayazi
5. Women of Color Feminist Theorizing and Praxis
Jocyl Sacramento, Loretta Victoria Ramirez, Chrissy Lau, Luhui Whitebear, Leece M. Lee-Oliver, Jennifer Kim-Anh Tran, and Anndretta Lyle
6. Taking Ethnic Studies Back: Maintaining Liberatory Education even through Institutionalization
Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, Theresa Montaño, Shawn Ginwright, and Jocyl Sacramento
Part B: Knowledge
Knowledge: Unveiling the Structures, Honoring the Stories
Carlos Manuel Salomon, Jocyl Sacramento, Jennifer Kim-Anh Tran, and Nicholas L. Baham, III
7. Militarism and Migration
Yến Lê Espiritu and Lila Sharif
8. Race, Space, and the City
Jennifer Kim-Anh Tran
9. Burn Hollywood, Burn!: Race and Racism in American Film
Jenell Navarro and José Navarro
10. Activism through Music, Dance, and Performance
Shamell Bell, Sylvia Mendoza Aviña, Carmela Muzio Dormani, Socorro Morales, and Anndretta Lyle
11. Culinary Resilience: Food Sovereignty, Ancestral Knowledge, and Indigenous Lands
Luz Calvo, Analena Hope Hassberg, and Enrique Salmón
12. Gender and Sexuality
Jennifer Kim-Anh Tran, Nicholas L. Baham, III, and Raymond San Diego
Part C: Revolution
Revolution: The Praxis of Love and Knowledge in Motion
Carlos Manuel Salomon, Jocyl Sacramento, Jennifer Kim-Anh Tran, and Nicholas L. Baham, III
13. Social Movements: Decolonialism, Civil Rights, and Self-Determination
Xamuel Bañales and Leece Lee-Oliver
14. Artivism for the Love of Art and Community
Robert Farid Karimi and Carlos Manuel Salomon
15. Spiritual Activism
Jesica Siham Fernandez, Michael Lerma, Nicholas L. Baham, III, and Mario Obando
16. Abolition Democracy and Prison Protest
Angélica Camacho, Onyịnye Alheri, and Jenny Banh
17. Decolonizing Our Futures, Healing Our Minds: Vision Quests of Afrofuturism to Indigenous and Queer Futures
Lonny J. Avi Brooks, Nicholas L. Baham, III, and Leo Herrera
Biography
Carlos Manuel Salomon is Professor of Ethnic Studies at California State University, East Bay. Dr. Salomon is the editor of The Routledge History of Latin American Culture (2019) and the author of Pio Pico: The Last Governor of Mexican California (2010).
Jocyl Sacramento is Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at California State University, East Bay.
Jennifer Kim-Anh Tran is Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at California State University, East Bay. As an Oakland organizer, Dr. Tran leads inclusive community development initiatives that center the needs and expertise of immigrants and people of color in her hometown.
Nicholas L. Baham, III is Professor of Ethnic Studies at California State University, East Bay. He teaches Black Studies and Genders and Sexualities in Communities of Color. Dr. Baham’s books include The Coltrane Church: Apostles of Sound, Agents of Social Justice (2015) and The People's Detective (2024).
