CRES 101 Critical Race and Ethnicity Studies
This methodological course critically examines the concepts of race and ethnicity. The course will begin with a study of the historical construction of race and race relations in order to better understand the present configuration of race and race relations, and possible futures built on deconstructing racism and ethnocentrism. Students will read about and discuss structural and institutional racism and ethnocentrism as well as the lived identity of people in a racialized society. Using an intersectional approach, this course will pay special attention to the functions of power and privilege in social constructions of and lived experience of race and ethnicity. Students will gain practice in engaging in informed, meaningful, and respectful conversations around race and ethnicity. This course will address such topics as implicit bias, internalized racism and ethnocentrism, microaggressions, colorblindness, multiculturalism, and post-racialism.