HIST 281

Fall 2019 All Classes

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Constructing Race in America

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Credit: 3 hours.

Interdisciplinary examination of the historical, cultural, and social dimensions of race and ethnicity in the United States. Explores the complex and intricate pursuit of multiracial and multicultural democracy.

Same as AAS 281, AFRO 281, and LLS 281.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Cultural Studies - US Minority

Humanities – Hist & Phil

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HIST 281 class schedule data for fall 2019
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
71408	Discussion/ Recitation	AD1	2:00PM -2:50PM	F	Gregory Hall	McDuffie, E Williams, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
71412	Discussion/ Recitation	AD2	11:00AM -11:50AM	F	Foreign Languages Building	McDuffie, E Williams, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
71416	Discussion/ Recitation	AD3	4:00PM -4:50PM	W	Gregory Hall	McDuffie, E Williams, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
70105	Lecture-Discussion	AL1	2:00PM -2:50PM	MW	Henry Administration Bldg	McDuffie, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course. Section Info: Topic: Contrary to some pundits and popular (mis)perceptions, race remains a salient factor in contemporary American life. We need to look no further than the 2016 U.S. presidential election in which President Trump capitalized on the racial anxieties a significant portion of white America. This course is geared toward developing a historical understanding of the construction of race in the United States from the colonial period to the present. Through course materials, class discussions, and lectures, we explore the making of race and white supremacy, as well as movements and organizations committed to racial justice and equality. Transnational and intersectional in scope, this class focuses special attention to the gendered contours of race, as well as to the Midwest as a geographic site of inquiry for examining race in U.S. life and history. .Individual and group assignments will be used to accomplish the course's major aims: to further develop our ability to think critically, write analytically, and to understand the construction of race in a historically nuanced manner. Graded assignments will consist of individual and group essays.