Latina/o Studies 250RP - Race, Racism, and Power

This course analyzes the concepts of race and racism from an interdisciplinary perspective. Students will be asked to bring a critical lens to the ubiquitous, yet frequently misunderstood concepts of race and racism. We will study the sociocultural, political, economic, and historical forces that collaborate and compete with one another in the production of racial categories. This approach will require us to draw connections between wide-scale processes and everyday interactions. This will involve a consideration of a range of issues and concepts, including colonialism, nation, multiculturalism, representation, and violence. The analysis that we develop will ultimately allow us to think rigorously about social inequality, difference resistance, and liberation.