Description: Prerequi- site(s): upper-division standing or consent of instruc- tor. Investigates philosophical issues concerning race and gender including the role of cultural and biological criteria in defining these concepts; roles of race and gender in personal identity; nature of racism, sexism, and their variants; and policy implications such as affirmative action and the civil status of homosexual relationships. Cross-listed with PHIL 108. Fulfills the Humanities requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.