Colonialism and Anti-Blackness

1.00 credits · Undergraduate

There is an emergent body of scholarship bringing into conversation Indigenous and Black studies to interrogate how settler colonialism intersects with anti-Black racism give rise to white settler societies at the expense of Indigenous and Black life. This course introduces those key theoretical, methodological, and ethical frameworks for inquiries into historical and contemporary societal structures, state violence, and social movements. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, students appraise white settler societal formations while exploring decolonial, abolitionist possibilities.