Race and Ethnic Relations

Catalog description

A critical examination of race, ethnicity, and its persistence in institutions from a sociological perspective, the coruse examines how race and ethnicity are socially and politically defined; how sociological theories have traditional and contemporarily analyzed racial and ethnic inequalities; the most up-to-date research on the extent of racial/ethnic inequalities across several key social institutions; and social justice/social change efforts to reduce racism, along with social and political barriers to such efforts. Issues are considered from a US and global perspective.