Ethnic & Minority Relations

Catalog description

This course provides a systemic analysis of relationships between dominant and minority groups. While a significant portion of the course focuses on ethnic and racial stratification in the U.S., it also provides a cross-national examination. Our analysis will highlight the universality of human interaction and its range of consequences, including the creation, facilitation, and maintenance of systems of privilege and oppression, as well as resistance to systemic inequities. As part of our discussion, we will focus on the importance of an intersectional lens in examining and working to address ethnoracial stratification, as individuals carry multiple identities; these identities shape individual and social group experiences and outcomes, including their interactions with each other and social institutions. We will conclude the course with a debrief about the content discussed throughout the semester.