SOCI 208: Introduction to Race and Ethnicity

SOCI 208-001: Introduction to Race and Ethni
(Spring 2023)

10:30 AM to 11:45 AM TR

Horizon Hall 5018

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Section Information for Spring 2023

SOCI 208 - 001: Introduction to Race and Ethni

What is race? What is ethnicity? Why do race and ethnicity continue to exert a powerful influence in people's lives in many parts of the world? How does a comparative examination of race, ethnicity, and migration
complicate ethnic relations? This course uses a historical lens to explore migration in societies/countries with long established racial and ethnic
relationships to broaden understanding of the constructed nature of race and ethnicity. This analysis reveals similarities and differences often taken for granted in studies of race and ethnicity. From the Syrian refugee crisis in Europe to the fatal police shootings of unarmed Black men in the United States to rising anti-immigrant sentiments in Europe and America, racial and ethnic relations remain pressing social issues that need systematic examination and understanding.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Introduces students to individuals and ideas which have shaped and influenced racial and ethnic interactions and relations in the past and present. Attention will focus on historical meanings and sentiments attached to race and ethnicity as concepts, ideas, and images, and the ways these concepts and images have co-joined to allocate differential social, political, economic, and educational rewards to individuals and groups designated as racial groups, ethnic groups, or both. Limited to three attempts.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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