Racisms (C041)
GEC 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 racist regimes.
Complete any four courses designated with the (C041) GEC attribute; no more than two courses may be from the same department/program. One credit must be at the 300 level. 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 credit.
Active course offerings include:
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| 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 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 | The Black Atlantic |
| AFR 259 | Contemporary African American Literature |
| AFR 267 | Blood, Genes, and American Culture |
| AFR 268 | Survey of Literatures of Africa |
| AFR 301E | Black Struggles against American Slavery |
| AFR 301K | Policing and Carceral Culture in U.S. History, 1740-1880 |
| AFR 303 | Birthing while Black |
| AFR 304 | Decolonization |
| AFR 308 | Black Resistance from the Civil War to Civil Rights |
| AFR 309 | Visions of Freedom Before 1619 in the Iberian Black Atlantic |
| AFR 320 | Immigrant Racialization |
| AFR 325 | Black Feminist Literary Theory and Practice |
| AFR 395N | Immigrant Racialization |
| AFR 395T | African American Literary Criticism |
| AMST 119 | Cultural Politics |
| AMST 141 | Rise of the American Empire |
| AMST 227 | #BlackLivesMatter |
| AMST 244 | Native American History |
| AMST 247 | Contemporary Arab American Literature |
| AMST 267 | Blood, Genes, and American Culture |
| AMST 281 | Arab American Poetry |
| AMST 288 | Visualizing Race |
| AMST 304 | Decolonization |
| 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 |
| AVC 288 | Visualizing Race |
| 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 268 | Survey of Literatures of Africa |
| ENG 281 | Arab American Poetry |
| ENG 325 | Black Feminist Literary Theory and Practice |
| ENG 395T | African American Literary Criticism |
| 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 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 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 |
| HISP 232 | Visions of Freedom Before 1619 in the Iberian Black Atlantic |
| 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 244 | Native American History |
| HIST 253 | Dance Histories of the United States |
| HIST 258 | The Black Atlantic |
| HIST 267 | Blood, Genes, and American Culture |
| HIST 301E | Black Struggles against American Slavery |
| 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 |
| 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 | Visions of Freedom Before 1619 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 255 | African American Religious Traditions |
| 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 |
| SOC 395N | Immigrant Racialization |