Sociological Studies of Race and Racism
Exploring foundational concepts in race theory, intersectionality, and structural analysis
Eugenics, Reproductive Justice, and Scientific Racism
Examining historical and contemporary issues in medical racism, reproductive rights, and pseudoscientific justifications
Immigration, Crimmigration, and Structural Violence
Exploring the criminalization of immigration, border enforcement, and systemic harms facing migrant communities
No Class — Holiday
No session this week
Identity Politics, Intersectionality, and Critical Race Theory
Analyzing frameworks of identity, power, and the politics of recognition in racial discourse
Black Geographies, Racial Capitalism, and Insurgent Knowledge
Examining spatial dimensions of racial capitalism, community resistance, and alternative knowledge production
Policing, Prisons, and Racialized Surveillance
Investigating the carceral state, over-policing of communities of color, and abolitionist frameworks
No Class — Midterm
No session this week
Colorblind Ideologies / Racism of Omission
Unpacking post-racial ideology, cultural racism, and the politics of seeing and not seeing race
Embodiment, Performance, and Resistance
Examining how race and identity are performed, embodied, and contested through culture, sovereignty, and decolonial practice
No Class — Spring Recess
No session this week. See you after the break!
Property, Laws, and Displacement
Exploring housing policy, segregation and zoning regimes, urban renewal, gentrification, and the racial wealth gap
Machine Biases, Innovation, and Technology
Examining algorithmic bias, the coded gaze, and how race and power are encoded into digital systems and predictive technologies
Black Wall Street and Reparations
From the destruction of Greenwood to the question of repair — racial violence, intergenerational harm, and the politics of restitution
The 1619 Project and Abolitionist Futures
Historical memory, anti-CRT backlash, and abolitionist horizons — the 1619 Project, racial capitalism, and reimagining racial futures