GOVT 4578 - [Critical Race Theory]

(crosslisted) AMST 4587, ASRC 4587
(SBA-AS)

Spring. Next offered 2016-2017. 4 credits.

Permission of instructor required. Strong preference will be given to seniors and graduate students. Co-meets with AMST 6587/ASRC 6587/GOVT 6578.

A. M. Smith.

A political theory seminar that deals primarily with the conceptual and normative questions pertaining to racism and racial identity in the United States context. Although the precise reading list will vary from year to year, the major figures and commentators may include W.E.B. Du Bois; Frederick Douglass; Booker T. Washington; Ida B. Wells; Charles Hamilton Houston; Thurgood Marshall; Hortense Spillers; Cornel West; Michael Dawson; Robin Kelley; Robert Gooding-Williams; Tommie Shelby; Cristina Beltran; Gary Okihiro; Gerald Torres; Rogers Smith; and Aziz Rana. The theme for 2015 will be African-American political thought and the “Long Civil Rights Movement.” Ideally, students will have some background in African American studies and/or American political thought. Strong preference will be given to seniors and graduate students.