This course explores how ideas about race and ethnicity in the United States have changed over time and have been rooted in particular historical contexts, focusing on the relationship between racial and national identity. How have race and ethnicity shaped ideas of national belonging and citizenship rights? How have racial/ethnic appeals been used for political purposes? How have racial ideas been used to craft certain narratives of national history, and what counternarratives have challenged them? Focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries, we will interrogate racial ideologies that have created social hierarchies as well as strategies to resist marginalization.
| Distribution Area | Prerequisites | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities- or -Privilege, Power And Diversity | 1 course |