LASS248 White Privilege: How Official Policies & Private Prejudice Shaped Your Neighborhood 3cr

At the time of Black Lives Matter – a movement that has been called our Third Reconstruction –
the course examines three sets of interrelated themes: 1) The American inner city: its
multiple and entangled historical, socio-political and economic origins. 2) The
role of segregation in housing, education, employment, policing and criminal justice in the
life of the people in the inner city. 3) The forces maintaining the inner-city status quo, and
the promise of Black Lives Matter. [Formerly titled The Hood: Life and History]

Prerequisites: FRSM-100 and LALW-100

Lecture

Spring