What assumptions about race and sex are embedded in the term “interracial,” and why are different types of interracial relationships viewed differently? How did White fears of relationships between Black men and White women influence the creation of the Ku Klux Klan? How did the story of Pocahontas influence the development of a settler colonial state? This course investigates the significance of interracial intimate relations throughout United States history and through the lens of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. Although interracial intimate relations (consensual and non-... Read more about WOMGEN 1278 Interracial Intimacy: Sex, Race, and Romance in the U.S.

This course investigates the realities of poverty through an intersectional lens, meaning that we will consider the simultaneous impact of race, gender, sexuality (and other identities) on economic insecurity. In what ways are conversations about poverty and its causes infused with assumptions and stereotypes related to gender, race, and sexuality? We hear so much in the media about what causes poverty – what is reality and what is myth? How do these myths operate to reinforce and sustain economic inequality? Who and what gets left out of the conversation about poverty? Topics in the course... Read more about WOMGEN 1274 Gender, Race, and Poverty in the United States