SOC 375 - Race and Identity

Units: 3

The impact of race upon the social construction of the self through sociological theory and a series of narratives and studies of racial identity, asking: How does race matter in the perennial questions of “who am I?” How does racial identity get constructed externally and internally through social interactions and in social institutions? How is racial identity attached to other categories of self (e.g., woman, student, and worker) and how do people negotiate conflicted valuations of racial identity?