Sociology of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality
Examines race, class, gender, and sexuality as axes of social stratification, focusing on their social construction and manifestations in institutional inequities like schools, workplaces, and law.
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What you’ll be able to do
Understand each core concept from a sociological perspective, as a social construction that helps to rationalize and justify social inequality.
Understand, in particular, the key role of race and ethnicity in the history of the United States, and how this influences students' daily lives.
Understand the relationships among them: how race, class, gender, and sexuality intersect to shape individual experiences, interpersonal interactions, and society more broadly.
Draw conclusions from an examination of how these differences and inequalities matter in a variety of institutional contexts, including the media, schools, the economy, and the legal and criminal justice system.
Suggest and critically assess solutions to social inequality, and discuss strategies for social change.
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A sociological examination of race, class, gender and sexuality - four central axes of social stratification, identity and experience that have real consequences in people's lives, the opportunities they have, and the challenges they face. Topics include sociological perspectives on how identities and differences are socially constructed and reproduced, and how these categories manifest themselves in inequities in institutions such as schools, workplaces, housing, and the law.
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Topics
- Race, class, gender, and sexuality as axes of social stratification, identity, and experience.
- Social construction and reproduction of identities and differences.
- Institutional inequities in schools, workplaces, housing, and the law.
- Intersectionality of race, class, gender, and sexuality in shaping experiences and society.
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- Critically assess solutions to social inequality and discuss strategies for social change.
- Draw conclusions about how differences and inequalities matter in institutional contexts such as media, schools, economy, and law.
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