HISTORY OF RACE AND INEQUALITY IN URBAN AMERICA

Name: HISTORY OF RACE AND INEQUALITY IN URBAN AMERICA
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EDPOL/HISTORY 143

课程描述

Examine the historical relationships between metropolitan change, economic transformation, and the construction of race and how those processes have shaped mass incarceration, educational, housing, and income inequality, and the experiences of racial/ethnic minorities who have been marginalized or discriminated against. Key questions include: What is the historical nature of inequality and opportunity in metropolitan America? What policies and ideas have historically promoted inequality, and how have those policies and ideas shifted over time? How have marginalized people responded to inequality, and what impacts have various modes of resistance had? Lastly, what is "race," how has its meaning changed over time, and how has it historically shaped inequality and opportunity?

先修课程

None

满足要求

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

学分

开课时间

Not Applicable

平均绩点

3.69

1.74% 相比历史数据

完成率

98.33%

1.06% 相比历史数据

A率

63.33%

0.43% 相比历史数据

班级规模

35.14% 相比历史数据

Cumulative Grade Distribution

教师 (2026 Summr)

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