SOC268

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Race and Ethnicity

Social SciencesUndergraduateCollege of Liberal Arts

Outcome

Become familiar with the sociological and historical significance of race, racism, and oppression.

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Understand the concept “social construction of race.” Understand the role of the civil rights movement historically as one of a number of critical social movements that have challenged and reshaped relations of inequality under capitalism.

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Understand the role of working class based organization in both challenging and reproducing the power of racism in American society.

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Account for political choices made by the civil rights movement, past and present, and how they are shaped by the structure of capitalism.