This course is designed to help students begin to develop their own informed
perspectives on American racial problems by introducing them to the ways that
sociologists deal with race, ethnicity, race relations and racism. The course will
also introduce students to the history, cultures and issues faced by some of the
racial and ethnic groups in the US. The objective of this is both to learn more about
these groups and also to consider what their experiences reveal with respect to the
challenges racial and ethnic formations present for conventional understandings of
citizenship, group membership and social justice. Throughout, our goal will be to
consider race both as a source of identity and social differentiation as well as a
system of privilege, power and inequality affecting everyone in the society albeit in
different ways.

The following topics may be covered in this course:

1.Theoretical Approaches: The Problematic of Race and Ethnic Formations in Post-Civil
Rights America
2.Constructionist Approaches to US Race Relations
3.Contemporary Socio-Economic Trends
4.Understanding Racism
5.Mechanisms of Racial Formation and Reproduction: Institutional Racism
6.Race and Representation: Media, Images, and Stereotypes of African Americans
7.Race and Representation: Native Americans
8.Black Resistance to the US Racial System
9.New Immigrants and Other Communities of Color
10.The Asian American Experience
11.The Mexican Migrant Experience
12.Inequality, Diversity, Multiplicity and America: Broader Impacts ad Implications
13.Now What: Anti-Racist Strategies

ll students must be familiar with university policy on cheating. See
"A Culture of Honesty: Policy and Procedures on Academic Honesty."

This course is designed to help students begin to develop their own informed perspectives on American racial problems by introducing them to the ways that sociologists deal with race, ethnicity, race relations and racism. The course will also introduce students to the history, cultures and issues faced by some of the racial and ethnic groups in the US. The objective of this is both to learn more about these groups and also to consider what their experiences reveal with respect to the
challenges racial and ethnic formations present for conventional understandings of citizenship, group membership and social justice. Throughout, our goal will be to consider race both as a source of identity and social differentiation as well as a system of privilege, power and inequality affecting everyone in the society albeit in different ways.

The following topics may be covered in this course:

1. Theoretical Approaches: The Problematic of Race and Ethnic Formations in Post-Civil Rights America
2. Constructionist Approaches to US Race Relations
3. Contemporary Socio-Economic Trends
4. Understanding Racism
5. Mechanisms of Racial Formation and Reproduction: Institutional Racism
6. Race and Representation: Media, Images, and Stereotypes of African Americans
7. Race and Representation: Native Americans
8. Black Resistance to the US Racial System
9. New Immigrants and Other Communities of Color
10. The Asian American Experience
11. The Mexican Migrant Experience
12. Inequality, Diversity, Multiplicity and America: Broader Impacts and Implications
13. Now What: Anti-Racist Strategies

All academic work must meet the standards contained in "A Culture of Honesty" (see especially the sections about plagiarism and unauthorized assistance). Students are responsible for informing themselves about those standards before performing any academic work.