AFRI 2120BLACK WOMEN IN AMERICA

Catalog

This class seeks to provide a well-rounded understanding of Black women experience(s) in the United States by exploring a number of issues surrounding their historical realities and examining how such phenomena has affected their current existence. Black women experiences have been marginalized and often omitted from disciplines such as History, Women Studies and Black Studies, just to name a few, and as result Black women and their specific issues are frequently ignored. Their dual identity, as Black and Woman, forces them to confront issues that are related to the oppressions of racism and sexism. The course also explores the historical contributions of Black women to American society.