Courses may include, but are not limited to: a) Hip Hop as a cultural movement; b) social, cultural, and institutional processes that attach meaning to notions of race and racial differences, especially in U.S.-based corporations; c) race, ethnicity, and racism within social, cultural, and historical structures and systems in the United States; d) critical examination of the history, methodology and theoretical concepts of Ethnic Studies; e) political and cultural practices that define whiteness through history, popular culture and everyday life; f) global cultural practices rooted in nationalism, colonization, empire-building, racism, ethnic conflict, and class inequality; h) racial and ethnic diversity of the Pacific Northwest; g) Black resistance and popular culture; i) African American literature and film. Background Check: This position has been designated by the department to require a background check because it requires access to children or vulnerable adults as defined by RCW 74.34, engages in law enforcement, requires security clearance, interacts with WSU students in a counseling or advising capacity, has access to personal identifying and/or financial information, unsupervised access to university buildings/property, or other business-related need.