Global Race and Inequality

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The course critically examines how race, ethnicity, class and gender are integral to the contemporary development of global capitalism. Careful attention is paid to indigeneity, a key component of global racial formations. The course brings into dialogue key theoretical approaches from Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas in order to shed light on contemporary political mobilizations and debates. A key objective of the course is to move beyond frameworks that only consider class inequality, on the one hand, or only consider identity politics (race, ethnicity, gender and indigeneity), on the other hand.