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Academic Year 2005/2006

Writing About Race in the Post-Civil Rights Era
AFAM 169 FA
Crosslistings:
AMST 120
ENGL 118

This course will examine the kinds of political writing about race that have appeared since the end of the Civil Rights era. It is not the intention of this course to try to trace a history of these texts but rather to explore in what ways public policy advocates, journalists, academics, and legal analysts have written about race as a feature in American social life.

MAJOR READINGS

Jonathan Coleman, LONG WAY TO GO
Ellis Cose, COLOR-BLIND
Randall Kennedy, RACE, CRIME AND THE LAW
Michael Lind, THE NEXT AMERICAN NATION
George Lipsitz, THE POSSESSIVE INVESTMENT IN WHITENESS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

To be announced.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA AFAM    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006

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