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Theories of Race and Culture
SOC307 FA

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.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS SOC    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: SOC151

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000

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