SOCL 333 - Race and Racism in the United States

3 credits
This course will explore how race and ethnicity shape unequal opportunities and outcomes for Americans within society and the uniquely important role that black-white relations plays in influencing our understandings of race and the practice of racism. Some topics covered in this course include: slavery, racial ideologies, mass incarceration, job discrimination, and housing inequality. These topics will be investigated using a variety of lenses: biological, sociological, historical, psychological, economic, political, and aesthetic.

Prerequisite(s): SOCL 105
*Fulfills Civitae Core PHBS
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