Race, Social Justice, and Cities credit:

3 Hours

Examines the history and politics of American cities as sites of everyday struggles against systemic racial exclusion rooted in residential segregation. Explores racial conflicts in selected cities as expressions of historical struggles for social and spatial justice across multiple scales. Focuses on the governance of everyday social practices—including policing, education, gentrification, and the memorialization of public spaces. This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for: Cultural Studies - US Minority