ANTH 4767 - G Race & Racism

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University of New Orleans

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Description:

Prerequisite: Anthropology 2051 or 2052 or consent of department. Using anthropological perspectives, this course critically focuses on the "concept of race" and the practice of interpreting "races" as naturand real categories for dividing the human species based on perceivable physical differences. It examines the social construction of race in cross-cultural context, and the social, economic, religious, and political (colonial) contexts that shape it. A critical assessment of the essentialist claim that "race" is a self-evident description ofphysical and sociocultural reality. Race, racism, and cultural racism examined as ideology, worldview, and cultural myth.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uno.edu

Phone Number:

(504) 280-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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