LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Students will critically engage a wide range of scholarly and popular texts focused on social constructions of Blackness, policing and incarceration, contemporary social movements operating as part of Black Lives Matter. Students will become familiar with broad themes and approaches to social science research about race and contemporary writing by and about activists. Students will develop skills of critical analysis and practical problem solving. Students will be introduced to multiple, contested ideas for understanding race, incarceration, and policing. Students will gain competency with professional and scholarly analysis, speaking, and writing.
Because all elements of this course are delivered online, it is likely you will find it easier to follow the course plan through the Canvas Site. This Google Doc version of our syllabus contains the same information. To assist with organization and legibility, it is organized in “Chapters.� This is a lot of information! You do not need to memorize all of this. You will receive reminders, nudges, and explanations and have many opportunities to ask questions.
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Photo Credit: Tulsa Historical Society
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*Created by Melissa Harris-Perry @harrismv@wfu.edu, January 2021
