Race and Politics

The study of both race and politics are fraught with preconceived notions, assumptions, and anecdotal evidence supporting one’s own views. In this course we will learn how race is studied by scholars, organizers, and activists who not only submit their preconceived notions to the test of scientific scrutiny, but who also engage issues of race, power, domination, and society as a matter of grave importance. The purpose of this course is to understand race and it’s study from a social scientific perspective, and to understand the ways that identity politics are integral to our interpretation and understanding of the American political sphere broadly.