| Title: | Rhetoric & Race in the U.S. |
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| Course Section Number: | BLS-300-01 |
| Department: | Black Studies |
| Description: | How has race mattered in U.S. history and how does it matter today? By analyzing different historical moments of race and racism this course will track how the rhetoric of race has changed in the U.S. in the past three centuries. Our shifting ideas on race are at the heart of many of the burning questions Americans have wrestled with since before the founding. By looking at arguments of early U.S. colonists, the abolitionist movement, the civil rights movement, and the Black Lives Matter movement this class will engage with how rhetorics of race benefits some people and disempowers others. Engaging with these ideas will better equip us to wrestle with racial inequality today. Students will exit this course with increased knowledge about the history of race and racism, a robust understanding of how movements countered racism, and ideas on how we can better talk more openly about race today. In this seminar-style course we will read primary historical texts and scholarly journal articles. Students will work on an extended research project on rhetoric and race throughout the semester. BLS-300-01=RHE-370-01 |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | January 15, 2024 |
| End Date: | May 4, 2024 |
| Meeting Information: |
01/16/2024-05/02/2024 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 02:40PM - 03:55PM, Fine Arts Center, Room S206
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| Faculty: | DeVinney, Daniel |
Course Status & Cross-Listings
| Cross-list Group Capacity: | 16 |
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| Cross-list Group Student Count: | 6 |
| Calculated Course Status: | OPEN |
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