Race and Racialization

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: SOCI 1201; or permision of the department This course uses sociological perspectives to examine the social construction of "race" in historical and contemporary contexts. The course analyzes and students critically examine evidence of systemic patterns of advantage and disadvantage based on migration, racism, ethnicity, and aboriginality in national and global contexts. It explores the effects of racialization on social, political, and academic discourse as well as policy responses, resistance movements, and alternatives for reducing and eliminating racism. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)