Black Studies 336 - Colorblind Culture

Spring
2019
01
4.00
Ronald Lembo
T 01:00PM-03:30PM
Amherst College
BLST-336-01-1819S
FOHA 102
ralembo@amherst.edu
SOCI-334-01,BLST-336-01

(Offered as SOCI 334 and BLST 336 [US]) The passage of civil rights legislation in 1964 and 1965 was a defining moment in American race relations. By comparison to what preceded it, the post-civil rights era amounted to a great social transformation, leading many to assert ours is now a “colorblind” culture. This course will use the idea of colorblind culture to examine the changing role of race and racism in the contemporary United States. We will examine specific claims that United States culture is, or is not, colorblind, while exploring the social structural, institutional, and broader cultural factors that shape present-day race relations.

Requisite: SOCI 112 or equivalent. Open to juniors and seniors. Limited to 20 students. Admission with consent of the instructor. Spring semester. Professor Lembo.

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.