Racialized Labor ((3))

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This course offers an overview of labor experiences of racialized people in the United States.Labor conditions of these populations today are intricately tied to occurrences in other parts of the world and in different eras, therefore this course includes a historical and transnational approach. Additionally, students will examine the ways in which U.S. political and economic imperialism have created the idea of exploitable ethno-racial groups in the popular U.S. imaginary. Students will be encouraged to draw personal connections to course material with the goal of examining the myriad of ways in which labor is organized.