PHIL 378 Philosophy and Intersectionality
- Level 3 or above.
None.
one-way Exclusions
- Lectures
- Will be provided
Instructor: Dalitso Ruwe
Intersectionality has proven to be a powerful legal theory that has advanced that legal remedies focused on racial discrimination have focused on ameliorating the conditions of Black males while legal remedies focused on sex discrimination have focused on white women, as such Black women given their race and gender are disadvantaged by race and sex legal remedies that do not account for their intersecting identity. Following post-intersectionality critiques that have challenged intersectional readings of Black male as being advantaged in legal remedies, this class will focus on the emergent field of study Black Male Studies.
Learning Outcomes
This course will: (1) familiarize students with 19th century ethnology, (2) explore the various accounts of the rape of Black men during slavery and Jim Crown by white men and women, (3) the debates between lynching advocates and progressives who advocated castration, (4) utilize empirical findings concerning Black males’ actual gender attitudes and activism concerning sexual violence in the 20th century, and (5) learn the various literatures of social dominance theory which focus on the lethal violence against Black men and boys.
Assessments
Assessments
Students will do three mini research essays and a final Paper