PHL 203 - Origins of Modern Racism

(3) GS, US

Survey of the development of racism in the United States from colonial times to the present. Particular attention paid to the moral, social and legal practices and rhetoric used to justify the colonization, enslavement, land appropriation, denial of citizenship, and failure to accord political and social equality to members of racial minorities. May be used to satisfy general education or BA distribution requirements, but not both. Also listed as AFA 203. Graded ABCDE