INTRODUCTION TO RACE AND ETHNICITY IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

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Examines the roles of race and ethnicity in U.S. politics as they apply to the life experiences and pursuit of freedom, justice, and equality of African Americans, Latinos/as, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and other groups. This course will examine how institutions such as US government and media produce racial, class, and gender inequalities, shape political attitudes, and affect the behaviors of groups. These behaviors include voting, protest, elite decisions making, civic engagement, and media consumption.