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PHL 2750 - Thinking through Race and Racism

Credits: 4
This course examines race and racism from a philosophical perspective: What is race? Is it something biological, cultural, or is its reality primary social?  How can we define racism and what are its origins?  Does thinking in terms of the idea of “race” perpetuate racism?  Is all race-related wrongdoing or harm really “racism”?  What are current examples of racism?  Should “color blindness” be an ideal or is it a way of ignoring the reality of race and racism?  How do people from different racial and ethnic groups experience race and racism? What does it take to challenge racism?   
 
Prerequisite(s): Any 1000 level course in philosophy