AMST 012 PZ -Intro Race, Ethn & Am Cltrl Stud

Institution: Pitzer

Description: This course introduces students to key concepts and foundational readings for understanding the cultural practices, institutions, and discourses that construct and reinforce racism in the U.S. We will examine how contemporary U.S. racial formations like Blackness, Latinidad, Asian racialization, and Indigeneity emerge from violent cultural dynamics rooted in colonialism, capitalism, and subjection. Simultaneously, we will study scholars, artists, writers, and activists of color, like Audre Lorde and Hortense Spillers, who critique, resist, and demand action against these dynamics. We will foreground how these thinkers imagine beyond racialized power systems that have historically shaped and presently shape American culture.

Prerequisite(s): See the current course schedule for registration restrictions.

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