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Race and Ethnic Studies

 Race and Ethnic Studies

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The Race and Ethnic Studies major and minor take an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Race and Ethnicity — what do these categories of difference mean? how have they been defined, constructed, and applied in different socio-historic contexts? how do they intersect or overlap with other axes of difference (e.g. gender, class, nation, religion)? Exploring these questions with analytical tools and approaches developed in a range of academic disciplines, this major leads to a critical examination of many historical and contemporary social issues that arise from the institutionalization of race and ethnicity.

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