The Study of Racism(s) and Intolerance (C098)
Concentration Coordinator: Charles Nero
Racism is a system of ideas and practices that deny the humanity of individuals who are ascribed to certain groups and collectivities. The practice of racism has deep historical roots, and there is not one single type of racism. Religious, social, scientific, political, and cultural discourses have contributed to intolerance and racist regimes.
Concentration Requirements
Complete any four courses designated with the (C098) concentration attribute; no more than two courses may be from the same department/program. One course must be at the 300 level.
Active course offerings include:
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| AFR S13 | Future Physicians' Training: Race, Medicine, and Narrative |
| AFR S19 | MLK's I Have a Dream: Power & Persuasion |
| AFR 100 | Introduction to Africana |
| AFR 114 | Introduction to African American Literature I: 1600-1910 |
| AFR 115 | Introduction to African American Literature II: 1910-Present |
| AFR 119 | Cultural Politics |
| AFR 121 | "I, Too, Sing America": Poetry of this Moment/Movement |
| AFR 162 | White Redemption: Cinema and the Co-optation of African American History |
| AFR 171 | Black Religions Matter: The History of Black Religions in America |
| AFR 201 | Race, Ethnicity, and Feminist Thought |
| AFR 202 | Coming of Age While Black |
| AFR 223 | Survey of Literatures of the Caribbean |
| AFR 227 | #BlackLivesMatter |
| AFR 242 | Passing/Trespassing |
| AFR 249 | African American Popular Music |
| AFR 252 | Contemporary Issues in Dance |
| AFR 253 | The African American Novel |
| AFR 255 | Black Poetry |
| AFR 258 | Captive and Cosmopolitans: The Black Atlantic World |
| AFR 259 | Contemporary African American Literature |
| AFR 267 | Blood, Genes, and American Culture |
| AFR 301K | Policing and Carceral Culture in U.S. History, 1740-1880 |
| AFR 303 | Birthing while Black |
| AFR 308 | Black Resistance from the Civil War to Civil Rights |
| AFR 309 | Freedom in the Iberian Black Atlantic |
| AFR 320 | Immigrant Racialization |
| AFR 325 | Black Feminist Literary Theory and Practice |
| AFR 395T | African American Literary Criticism |
| AMST S13 | Future Physicians' Training: Race, Medicine, and Narrative |
| AMST 119 | Cultural Politics |
| AMST 141 | Rise of the American Empire |
| AMST 171 | Black Religions Matter: The History of Black Religions in America |
| AMST 227 | #BlackLivesMatter |
| AMST 247 | Contemporary Arab American Literature |
| AMST 259 | Contemporary African American Literature |
| AMST 267 | Blood, Genes, and American Culture |
| AMST 281 | Arab American Poetry |
| AMST 288 | Visualizing Race |
| AMST 308 | Black Resistance from the Civil War to Civil Rights |
| ANTH 167 | Culture in the Americas |
| ANTH 289 | After Deportation Ethnographies from Latin America and the Caribbean |
| ASIA S28 | From Shangri-la to Radical Dharma: Buddhism in North America |
| ASIA 230 | Making Sense of East Asian Languages: History, Identity, and Power |
| AVC 288 | Visualizing Race |
| CHI 230 | Making Sense of East Asian Languages: History, Identity, and Power |
| DANC 250 | Dance Histories of the United States |
| DANC 252 | Contemporary Issues in Dance |
| EDUC 242 | Race and Justice in American Education |
| ENG 105 | 9/11 in Literature and Film |
| ENG 114 | Introduction to African American Literature I: 1600-1910 |
| ENG 115 | Introduction to African American Literature II: 1910-Present |
| ENG 119 | "I, Too, Sing America": Poetry of this Moment/Movement |
| ENG 143 | Nineteenth-Century American Literature |
| ENG 214 | Shakespeare and Early Modern Racialization |
| ENG 223 | Survey of Literatures of the Caribbean |
| ENG 247 | Contemporary Arab American Literature |
| ENG 253 | The African American Novel |
| ENG 255 | Black Poetry |
| ENG 259 | Contemporary African American Literature |
| ENG 281 | Arab American Poetry |
| ENG 325 | Black Feminist Literary Theory and Practice |
| ENG 395T | African American Literary Criticism |
| ENVR 252 | Francophone Ecopoetics: Re-Envisioning Politics of Land, Sea, and the City [in English] |
| EUS 206 | The Empire Strikes Back: The Ends of European Empires in the Twentieth Century |
| EUS 217 | Fortress Europe: Race, Migration, and Difference in European History |
| FRE 208 | Introduction to the Francophone World |
| FRE 252 | Francophone Ecopoetics: Re-Envisioning Politics of Land, Sea, and the City [in English] |
| FRE 377 | Colon/Colonisé: Récits de l'Expérience Nord-Africaine |
| FRE 379 | Documenting the Genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda |
| GSS 201 | Race, Ethnicity, and Feminist Thought |
| GSS 267 | Blood, Genes, and American Culture |
| GSS 301Z | Intersectionality and Feminist Social Movements |
| GSS 303 | Birthing while Black |
| GSS 310 | Gender, Race, and Judaism |
| GSS 312 | Transgender Narratives |
| GSS 325 | Black Feminist Literary Theory and Practice |
| GSS 340 | Poverty, Policy, and Social Inclusion |
| GSS 377 | Colon/Colonisé: Récits de l'Expérience Nord-Africaine |
| HIST 141 | Rise of the American Empire |
| HIST 181 | Creating Latin America: A History |
| HIST 206 | The Empire Strikes Back: The Ends of European Empires in the Twentieth Century |
| HIST 217 | Fortress Europe: Race, Migration, and Difference in European History |
| HIST 253 | Dance Histories of the United States |
| HIST 258 | Captive and Cosmopolitans: The Black Atlantic World |
| HIST 267 | Blood, Genes, and American Culture |
| HIST 301G | Black Resistance from the Civil War to Civil Rights |
| HIST 301K | Policing and Carceral Culture in U.S. History, 1740-1880 |
| HIST 301Z | Intersectionality and Feminist Social Movements |
| JPN 230 | Making Sense of East Asian Languages: History, Identity, and Power |
| LALS 167 | Culture in the Americas |
| LALS 181 | Creating Latin America: A History |
| LALS 208 | Latinx Politics |
| LALS 220 | Central America and The Caribbean |
| LALS 289 | After Deportation Ethnographies from Latin America and the Caribbean |
| LALS 309 | Freedom in the Iberian Black Atlantic |
| MUS 249 | African American Popular Music |
| PHIL 257 | Moral Luck and Social Identity |
| PHIL 365D | Reparations and Responsibility |
| PLTC 203 | Racial and Ethnic Politics in the United States |
| PLTC 208 | Latinx Politics |
| PLTC 268 | Global Political Economy of Development |
| PLTC 301Z | Intersectionality and Feminist Social Movements |
| PLTC 354 | Race and the Right to Vote in the U.S. |
| PSYC 373 | Racism: A Multilevel Approach |
| REL S28 | From Shangri-la to Radical Dharma: Buddhism in North America |
| REL 140 | Religion, Race, & Colonialism: An Introduction to Religious Studies |
| REL 171 | Black Religions Matter: The History of Black Religions in America |
| REL 255 | Black Religions Matter: The History of Black Religions in America |
| REL 310 | Gender, Race, and Judaism |
| RFSS 162 | White Redemption: Cinema and the Co-optation of African American History |
| RFSS 202 | Coming of Age While Black |
| RFSS 242 | Passing/Trespassing |
| RFSS 391E | The Interracial Buddy Film |
| SOC S20 | Social Inequality in Childhood and Youth |
| SOC 242 | Race and Justice in American Education |
| SOC 250 | Privilege, Power, and Inequality |
| SOC 289 | After Deportation Ethnographies from Latin America and the Caribbean |
| SOC 320 | Immigrant Racialization |
| SOC 321 | Black Immigrant Narratives |
| SOC 340 | Poverty, Policy, and Social Inclusion |
| SOC 350 | Race, Crime, and Punishment in America |
| SOC 373 | Racism: A Multilevel Approach |
Courses Taken Outside of Bates
With prior permission of the concentration coordinator, two non-Bates courses may be applied toward the concentration if judged within the definition of the concentration. Ordinarily, non-Bates courses may not be substituted for the required 300-level course requirement.
Declaration Restrictions
Bates Default: Students who have declared this concentration may declare any other major, minor, or concentration.
Other Considerations
None.