Prerequisites: upper- division standing or consent of instructor

Description: Analysis of U.S. racialization, identity formation, institutionalized racism, and structural inequality from the early Ethnic Studies Republic to the present. Examines continuing evolu- tion of a national white racial consciousness; the legal, social, and economic exploitation of people of color; and the transfer of inherited legacies and benefits along racialized power lines. Fulfills either the Humanities or Social Sciences requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, but not both.