Listed in: Anthropology and Sociology, as SOCI-334 | Black Studies, as BLST-336
Ron Lembo (Section 01)
(Offered as BLST 336 [US] and SOCI 334) The passage of civil rights legislation in 1964 and 1965 was a defining moment in American race relations. By comparison to what preceded it, the post-civil rights era amounted to a great social transformation, leading many to assert ours is now a “colorblind” culture. This course will use the idea of colorblind culture to examine the changing role of race and racism in the contemporary United States. We will examine specific claims that United States culture is, or is not, colorblind, while exploring the social structural, institutional, and broader cultural factors that shape present-day race relations.
Requisite: Sociology 112 or equivalent. Limited to 20 students. Spring semester. Professor Lembo.
Section 01
Tu 01:00 PM - 03:30 PM CHAP 203
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turning Back: The Retreat from Racial Injustice in American Thought and Policy | Steinberg | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
| The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions | Wilson | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
| America in Black and White | Thernstrom | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
| Whitewashing Race: The Myth of a Colorblind Society | Brown | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
| The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness | Alexander | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
| Not Even Past: Barack Obama and the Burden of Race | Sugrue | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
| Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics and Big Business Re-Create Race in the 21st Century | Roberts | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.