Race Ethnic Relations

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

Sociology Core Topic. Grounded in sociological theory, empirical data, and praxis, this course offers an introduction to the classical and contemporary research on race and ethnicity. As a class, we will learn what it means to treat race as social construct and also a central organizing principle in shaping patterns of power and inequality. To “bring race into the conversation,” however, is not license to silence other aspects of identity including, indigeneity, gender, sexuality, class, ability, and citizenship. The simultaneity, multiplicity and interaction between social difference makes intersectionality central to this course.