Sociology of Racism in the U.S.

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Examines social history of major racial groups in the US and its contribution to the contemporary distribution of resources along racial lines. Investigates how 'whiteness' in the US emerged as a social category, an identity based on experiences of different European peoples, and how it dominated the racial structure of the US since the 17th century. Explores color blind racism as more than individual prejudice, ignorance, or intolerance, but as a comprehensive historical system of racial domination organized around the logic of white supremacy.