Global Perspectives on Racism, Poverty, and Power

Harvard HSPH

This course explores how systems of oppression, organized across race, caste, ethnicity, class, and gender, shape health, well-being, education, and life opportunities. Drawing on interdisciplinary scholarship, political theory, and case studies, students will examine how structural inequities are created, sustained, and challenged in various geographic and political settings. Designed as an introduction to critical frameworks in structural and social inequity, the course is organized around…