InterCultural Dialogues [CourseID: 3287]

The course begins by analyzing the socially constructed categories of difference that dramatically shape people's lives in the U.S.: race and ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexuality, religion, and ability. Next, we build on the concept of social construction to wrestle with the reality of the material consequences that bear on the lives of people with marginalized identities. We look at specific domains of social life: education, work, politics, the arts and media, neighborhoods, etc. For each domain, students will analyze the many levels at which domination occurs - historically, through policies, through institutional and organizational practices, as well as interpersonally between people.