ENG 3513 - Race Talk

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021

Description: In this course, students examine the history and contemporary use of racial, racialized, and racist language in the United States of America through the lens of rhetorical studies. Students explore how racial discourses reflect, embody, create, and can contribute to dismantling social relations and power dynamics, including white supremacy. The course focuses on how language shapes perceptions of race and how the material conditions of race in the United States shape the language and narratives about race/ethnicity.

Content Acknowledgement: This course includes texts with racist language and discussion of that language.

General Studies: Arts and Humanities