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SOCI-144 Race and Ethnic Relations
Spring only
In this course we will explore several themes, although the overriding theme will be the transformed nature of racism in the United States and how it creates, reinforces, and perpetuates racial inequality. After discussing the socially constructed and problematic nature of racial categorization, we will focus on how race and racism is learned. We will trace how racial difference is created and eventually generates socially segregated patterns by adolescence, which in turn become solidified in adulthood. We will then explore, in detail, racism and privilege
as systemic, institutionalized features of U.S. society. In particular, we will examine how modern racism has been coded and masked itself in seemingly race-neutral, color-blind language and practices. In doing so, we will translate the subtle racial meanings of this code. We will then look at how this color-blind racism, coupled with structural obstacles in arenas such as housing, the education system, the economy and job market, and the criminal justice system, help to maintain racial inequality.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
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Fall '09:
Hinkson, Leslie R.
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Sections:
SOCI-144-01 Race and Ethnic Relations
Fall only
In this course we will explore several themes, although the overriding theme will be the transformed nature of racism in the United States and how it creates, reinforces, and perpetuates racial inequality. After discussing the socially constructed and problematic nature of racial categorization, we will focus on how race and racism is learned. We will trace how racial difference is created and eventually generates socially segregated patterns by adolescence, which in turn become solidified in adulthood. We will then explore, in detail, racism and privilege as systemic, institutionalized features of U.S. society. In particular, we will examine how modern racism has been coded and masked itself in seemingly race-neutral, color-blind language and practices. In doing so, we will translate the subtle racial meanings of this code. We will then look at how this color-blind racism, coupled with structural obstacles in arenas such as housing, the education system, the economy and job market, and the criminal justice system, help to maintain racial inequality.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
SOCI-144-02 Race and Ethnic Relations
Fall only
In this course we will explore several themes, although the overriding theme will be the transformed nature of racism in the United States and how it creates, reinforces, and perpetuates racial inequality. After discussing the socially constructed and problematic nature of racial categorization, we will focus on how race and racism is learned. We will trace how racial difference is created and eventually generates socially segregated patterns by adolescence, which in turn become solidified in adulthood. We will then explore, in detail, racism and privilege
as systemic, institutionalized features of U.S. society. In particular, we will examine how modern racism has been coded and masked itself in seemingly race-neutral, color-blind language and practices. In doing so, we will translate the subtle racial meanings of this code. We will then look at how this color-blind racism, coupled with structural obstacles in arenas such as housing, the education system, the economy and job market, and the criminal justice system, help to maintain racial inequality.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
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