Sexual and Racial Violence in the United States

Catalog description

This course explores the history of how sexual violence in the United States has been used as a tool of racial oppression. Students in the course learn how organized responses to that violence, both by community and state actors, have been influenced by (and reflective of) racial politics. Prerequisite: one of the following: RGS 100 , RGS 150 , EDS 206 , POL 205 , PUB 210 , SOC 110 , SOC 120 , SOC 150 . Offered Spring - Odd Numbered Years.