Listed in: Anthropology and Sociology, as SOCI-334 | Black Studies, as BLST-336
Ron Lembo (Section 01)
(Offered as SOCI 334 and BLST 336 [US]) 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: SOCI 112 or equivalent. Open to juniors and seniors. Limited to 20 students. Admission with consent of the instructor. Spring semester. Professor Lembo.
Section 01
Tu 01:00 PM - 03:30 PM FOHA 102
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working Toward Whiteness: How America's Immigrants Became White | Basic Books | Roediger, David | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| White Women, Race Matters: The Social Construction of Whiteness | University of Minnesota Press | Frankenberg, Ruth | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Mexican Americans and the Question of Race | University of Texas Press | Dowling, Julie | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Not Even Past: Barack Obama and the Burden of Race | Princeton University Press | Sugrue, Thomas J. | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Black Mirror: The Cultural Contradictions of American Racism | Harvard/Belknap Press | Lott, Eric | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.