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SOC 307
Theories of Race and Culture
SOC 307 FA
Crosslistings: LAST307, AFAM307
Not Currently Offered
This course will examine the contributions of several
African American and Caribbean writers to the theories of
race and racism in the Americas. Through close textual
readings, the course will focus on how each author
establishes causal relations among the emergence of the
modern capitalist world-economy in the 16th century, the
establishment of colonies and of the slave systems in the
New World, the evolution of a social hierachy of race and
color and of a racist culture, and the effects of racism on
the subordinated black populations of the Americas. Also to
be considered are the solutions offered by these authors to
the race question in the Americas.
MAJOR READINGS
Oliver C. Cox, RACE, CLASS, AND THE WORLD SYSTEM
Derrick Bell, FACES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL
W.E.B. DuBois, W.E.B. DUBOIS SPEAKS, Vols, 1 & 2 edited by
Philip S. Foner
Anna Julia Cooper, A VOICE FROM THE SOUTH
Patricia Hill Collins, BLACK FEMINIST THOUGHT
Frantz Fanon, BLACK SKIN, WHITE MASKS
St. Clair Drake, BLACK FOLK HERE AND THERE
C.L.R. James, THE C.L.R. JAMES READER, ed. by Anna Grimshaw
George Lamming, SEASON OF ADVENTURE
Martin Luther King, Jr., A TESTAMENT OF HOPE ed. by James M.
Washington
Walter Rodney, THE GROUNDINGS WITH MY BROTHERS
Cornell West, KEEPING FAITH
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Two short take-home essays
(6-8 pages) and a longer research paper (15-20 pages).
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Those students who
have not taken SOC 151 may see the instructor for permission
to take this course.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting
or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the
first class, they will be dropped from the class list.
NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form
to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS SOC
Prerequisites:
SOC 151
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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