<p>Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 10. Through feminist, anti-colonial, and anti-racist framework, exploration of racial violence and appropriate anti-violence strategies. Offers theoretical approach for understanding racial violence. Consideration of what is racial violence and racial terror; how feminists should respond to racial violence; connection between historical moments of extraordinary racial violence and our everyday world; how we understand violence at specific sites, e.g., carceral sites, schools, streets, borders, and in different historical contexts; how individuals come to participate in, remain indifferent to, or approve of violence; role of hegemonic masculinity and femininity in these processes; and how violence is sexualized. Exploration of these broad questions through consideration of anti-indigenous/colonial violence, anti-Black and anti-Mexican violence, racial violence underpinning anti-migrant and anti-refugee movements, torture, terror, and state violence. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Gender Studies

Combining rigorous, inclusive pedagogy with opportunities for co-curricular activities—including research, internships, and community engagement—the College provides students with diverse learning experiences that helps them thrive, become critical thinkers, and transform society.

College of Letters and Science

Students develop a deep appreciation for complexities of power and asymmetries in gender relations across time, class, and cultures; and conceptual tools for social change.

General Catalog

Racial Violence and Law

GENDER 119

4 units