HISTORY 115 - Race as a Variable in History:The African American Case

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Bard College

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Africana Studies, American Studies This course explores the significance of race as a variable in history by using African Americans during slavery and freedom, from the colonial period to the present, as a case study. Among the crucial questions it addresses are: What is "race"?When and how did Africans brought to British North America first get "raced" or become aracialized people? Who and what is responsible for the perpetuation of black racialization-people and forces outside the "black" community,and/or those within the black community? To what extent have popular and formal conceptualizations of blackness as a racial category changed over time? To what extent has race served any purpose in American society? While these and other questions focus on African Americans, pertinent experiences of other groups ("ethnic" and"white") are considered as well.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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