GENDER, RACE, SEXUALITY AND THE LAW

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Investigates how law, public policies, and politics have defined which groups of people are able to claim rights of citizenship and influence the democratic process. Highlights the experiences of women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people, focusing on how they have mobilized to assert their rights and protect their interests. Consider how law and public policies work together to construct racial, gendered, and sexual identities in the United States. Topics include the fight for marriage equality; affirmative action; reproductive rights; and discrimination based on gender, race, and sexual orientation. Also listed as GSS 60. Credit given in either area, not both.