Latina/o Studies 250RP - Special Topics in Latina/o Studies: 'Race, Racism, and Power'
Race, Racism, and Power
Fall
2021
01
4.00
Vanessa Rosa
TTH 10:00AM-11:15AM
Mount Holyoke College
114989
Ciruti 202
vrosa@mtholyoke.edu
114989,115543,115533
This course analyzes the concepts of race and racism from an interdisciplinary perspective, with focus on Latinas/os/x in the United States. It explores the sociocultural, political, economic, and historical forces that interact with each other in the production of racial categories and racial "difference." In particular, we focus on racial ideologies, racial formation theory, and processes of racialization, as well as the relationship between race and ethnicity. The course examines racial inequality from a historical perspective and investigates how racial categories evolve and form across contexts. The analysis that develops will ultimately allow us to think rigorously about social inequality, resistance and liberation.