Race and Ethnicity
SOC 230
Spring 2015 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
AFAM 227 |
The purpose of this course is to provide a sociological examination of race and ethnicity in American society. Race and ethnicity continue to have significance in modern American society both as sources of social organization and social conflict. This course will examine the structural and social psychological components of race and ethnic relations in the United States. We will examine the contributions of race and ethnicity to modern economic, political, and social arrangements. We will also discuss the impact of social psychological variables such as prejudice, discrimination, and stereotypes on these arrangements. Finally, social policy analyses will assess contributions of ideas such as multiculturalism, affirmative action, and educational reform to social change. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS SOC |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: SOC151 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (SOC) |
Major Readings:
We will read the following seven books about race and ethnicity which have been awarded the annual American Sociological Association's prestigious annual award for the best scholarly book in Sociology.
1. Aldon D. Morris, ORIGINS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT: BLACK COMMUNITIES ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE (Free Press, 1984)
2. Mitchell Duneier, SLIM'S TABLE (University of Chicago Press, 1992)
3. Nancy A. Denton and Douglas S. Massey, AMERICAN APARTHEID (Harvard University Press, 1993);
4. Melvin L. Oliver and Thomas M. Shapiro, BLACK WEALTH/WHITE WEALTH: A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON RACIAL INEQUALITY (Routledge, 1995)
5. Alejandro Portes and Ruben G. Rumbaut, LEGACIES: THE STORY OF THE IMMIGRANT SECOND GENERATION (University of California Press and Russell Sage Foundation, 2001)
6. Edward Telles, RACE IN ANOTHER AMERICA:THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SKIN COLOR IN BRAZIL (Princeton University Press, 2004)
7. Patricia Hill Collins, BLACK SEXUAL POLITICS: AFRICAN AMERICANS, GENDER AND THE NEW RACISM (Routlege, 2005)
In addition we will read short selections from the following:
Takaki-A Different Mirror
Graves-The Emperor's New Clothes: Biological Theories of Race at the Millennium
Nagal-American Indian Ethnic Renewal
Deloria-Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto
Parenti - Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis
Western -Punishment and Inequality in America
Jenks-The Black/White Test Score Gap
Delpit -Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom
Churchill-The Cointelpro Papers: Documents from the FBI's Secret Wars Against Dissent
Thernstrom and Thurnstrom - America in Black and White: One Nation Indivisible
Brown et. Al.-White-Washing Race: The Myth of A Color-Blind Society
Marable -How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America
and several other articles
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Examinations and Assignments:
Short written assignments, a term paper, debates, presentations and a take home exam |
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