This course examines key theories, debates, and empirical examples of social organization related to the construction of race and ethnicity. Students explore racialized experiences, prejudice, discrimination, dominant and subordinate statuses, and various sites of racial/ethnic inequality (such as labor, education, and immigration status). Students analyze how notions of race and ethnicity are created and sustained in the public imagination and in social institutions, in turn influencing systems and interpersonal relationships. Topics include: dynamics of racialization in public and private discourse; intersections of race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class; white privilege; and historical and contemporary marginalization of people and communities of color. Counts in the Social Science or Humanities Area of General Education Requirements. Pre-requisite(s): LAS 105, or LAS 110, and LAS 118; or permission of Program Chair. Co-requisite(s): None. 5 quarter hours