Listed in: Black Studies, as BLST-200
Formerly listed as: BLST-12
Christina Knight (Section 01)
[R] In this course students will focus closely on major debates that have animated the field of Black Studies, addressing a wide range of issues from the slave trade to the present. Each week will focus on specific questions such as: What came first, racism or slavery? Is African art primitive? Did Europe underdevelop Africa? Is there Caribbean History or just history in the Caribbean? Should Black Studies exist? Is there a black American culture? Is Affirmative Action necessary? Was the Civil Rights Movement a product of government action or grass-roots pressure? Is the underclass problem a matter of structure or agency? The opposing viewpoints around such questions will provide the main focus of the reading assignments, which will average two or three articles per week. In the first four weeks, students will learn a methodology for analyzing, contextualizing, and making arguments that they will apply in developing their own positions in the specific controversies that will make up the rest of the course.
Limited to 20 students. Fall semester: Professor Polk. Spring semester: Professor Knight.
If Overenrolled: Preference given to majors.
Cost: $$21.00 ?
Section 01
M 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM MERR 401
W 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM MERR 401
This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.
ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
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Affirmative Action and Racial Preference: A Debate | Oxford University Press, 2003 | Carl Cohen and James P. Sterba | TBD | |||
An Introduction to Reasoning | Prentice Hall, 1984 | Stephen Toulmin, Richard Rieke, and Allan Janik | TBD | |||
Should America Pay? Slavery and the Raging Debate on Reparations | Harper Paperbacks, 2003 | Raymond A. Winbush (editor) | TBD | |||
A Rulebook for Arguments | Hackett Publishing Co., 2008 | Anthony Weston | TBD | |||
Writing with Sources | Hackett Publishing Co. Inc. | Gordon Harvey | TBD |