CRIT601

The seminar takes as its starting point Critical Race Theory's insistence that racism is pervasive, persistent, and ongoing and examines how racism, colonialism, and imperialism are embedded in institutions, laws, practices, and policies. The seminar acknowledges that race is a social construct with material effects and investigates the roles language, images, and other forms of cultural production play in racism, colonization, and resistance movements. Students will be encouraged to connect assigned texts to their own areas of expertise and research interests.

Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies

Portland