HIST 4593 - Race and Ethnicity in America: Reconstruction to the Present

3 credits

[Meets the Core Curriculum Writing Practice Requirement] This course addresses one of the core constructs of modern America its relationship with its own racial and ethnic diversity. This course surveys the evolving perception of racial identities, roles, tropes, and the realities of fears and hopes attached to ethnic identity in America from Reconstruction to the present. The African-American experience is interwoven with the narratives of Native American, Latinos/Hispanics, Asians, and the various newly arriving and already established hyphenated European ethnicities. The course focuses on culture including the distinctions in religious ethos politics and law, economics, and the role of media in the formation and maintenance of identity.

Prerequisite: at least one college-level History or Political Science course or Instructors permission.