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POLS 5757 - Race, Violence and Human Security

There are few issues in contemporary politics more important than human security. There are also few forms of oppression and discrimination more important than racism. Yet, envisioning and seeing the various ways that racism leads to vast and deep human insecurity have generally been neglected as political problems and inquiries. Addresses racism and racial violence as human security issues, encouraging students to search out creative ways to reduce the varied hostile environments that emerge from racist forces.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to identify contemporary forms of racial violence and the implications for human security.
  • Students will comprehend the connections between racial violence and human security contexts more generally, being able to explain how racism creates hostile environments.
  • Students will understand different conceptualizations and manifestations of racialized violence such as physical, epistemological, and ideational.


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