Faculty First Year Seminars 197CR1 - Orange is the new Black- 1

On NPR, Piper Kerman pointed out that networks and publishers needed a white protagonist to tell the tales of Black women, Latina women, and old women and criminals she discovered in prison. In this seminar, we will use OITNB as a launch pad to discuss white privilege and its impact on meaningful `social work,? that include but are not limited to education, development, community service learning, and notions of `wanting to give back? in general. We will explore the structural inequities that OINB discusses, and examine issues of privilege and relatability as we apply it to complex questions about ways in which to engage collaboratively with communities both domestically and internationally to reverse inequities with responsibility & respect. The class will introduce participants to social theories of education, cultural studies, development studies, and critical psychology as we think more generally about engaging critically and responsibly with communities.

Freshmen Only