Summer 2024 Women's Studies (Barnard) BC0003 section 001

Race, Ethnicity, and US Society

Race, Ethnicity, & US Soc

Call Number 00100
Day & Time
Location
TWR 9:30am-12:00pm
To be announced
Day & Time
Location
W 2:00pm-4:30pm
To be announced
Points 0
Grading Mode Pass/Fail
Approvals Required None
Instructor Angela Simms
Type SEMINAR
Course Description

What is “race”? What is “ethnicity”? How are they related and how do they shape the life chances of people in the United States? In this class, we discuss racism’s origin story, particularly how capitalist interests motivated the creation of racial hierarchy. We focus on how White-controlled institutions and elite actors mediate racial and ethnic groups’ access to material and social resources, leading to Whites disproportionately benefiting from U.S. social processes. We investigate social processes through intersectional—noting relationships between race, class, and gender—and historical lens, highlighting how racism evolves over time in response to resistance. We also examine the consequences of racism across social domains. Our course concludes by grappling with the questions: (1) How effective have social movements, and other forms of social organization, been in resisting and ending racism? (2) What are the implications for current racial justice activism?

Web Site Vergil
Subterm 07/01-07/26 (R)
Department Pre-College Program (Barnard)
Enrollment 0 students (16 max) as of 2:05PM Monday, December 2, 2024
Subject Women's Studies (Barnard)
Number BC0003
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Section key 20242WOMP0003S001