SSD 218 - Human Oppression

Institution:

College of Our Lady of the Elms

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Description:

In this course you will learn about the nature of evil and hate in the world. You will study the ability of one group to perpetrate injustice and atrocity on another group. The course focuses on historical, as well as more current, instances of oppression including the genocide of Native Americans, the enslavement of Africans in the United States, and racism and the struggle for civil rights for African Americans from the late 1800s to the present, the Armenian Genocide, the murder of the European Jews, sectarianism in Northern Ireland, Soviet oppression, the Cambodian genocide, ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia, genocide in Rwanda, and the current murdering in Darfur. The course will help you to learn about these oppressed cultures, dynamics of intergroup relations, and the world's response when genocide and atrocities occur. Learning takes place through presentation from texts, journal articles, documentary videos, readings from literature (prose and poetry), independent research, popular films, and class discussion.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.elms.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 594-2761

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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