The course will examine the nature of racism, starting with the time surrounding the Civil Rights Movement, and moving to today. We will focus on Black experiences as a foundation of understanding racism and its psychological outcomes. By examining a variety of primary source material, including memoirs, essays, articles and films, we will analyze how the nature of racism has changed in the last fifty years, and how individuals experienced and are experiencing race. Topics will include the constructed nature of race, the impact of race on identity (including gender variations), and racialized representation in popular culture.
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