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Class number:
3513
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Title: Race and Capitalism |
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Department: First Year Sem & Colloq |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: Yes |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
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Current enrollment: 15 |
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Available seats: 0 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM, MC - 205 |
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Instructor(s): Kamola, Isaac |
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Prerequisite(s): Only first-year students are eligible to enroll in this class. |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets FirstYr Seminar Requirement |
Course Description:
No concept of race existed prior to colonialism. However, the conquest of the Americas, the genocide of indigenous people, and the trans-Atlantic slave trade ushered in a capitalist world economy that depends upon the construction and enforcement of racialized categories. His history is still with us today. For example, the heavily segregated city of Hartford is the insurance capital of the world, an industry first developed to insure the ships traveling the Triangle Trade between New England, Caribbean plantations, and the slave coast of Africa. This class examines the many historical connections between race and capitalism, as well as the political struggles that have sought to build anti-racist and anti-capitalist futures. Readings include Eric Williams, Lloyd Best, Charles Mills, Silvia Federici, Stuart Hall, and others. |