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212.3 sec. 001 - Critical Race Theory (Fall 2023)

Instructor: Khiara M Bridges  (view instructor's profile)
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Units: 2
Grading Designation: Graded
Mode of Instruction: In-Person

Meeting:

M 6:25 PM - 8:15 PM
Location: TBA
From August 21, 2023
To December 04, 2023

Course Start: August 21, 2023
Course End: December 04, 2023

Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 24
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 25
As of: 02/07 02:03 PM


This seminar explores Critical Race Theory, covering core texts as well as exploring new directions. Topics will include the nature of race and racism; the inseparable connections between race and other social markers such as gender, sexual orientation, class, and disability; and the contemporary hysteria around CRT.

Interested students should email Professor Bridges - khiara.m.bridges@berkeley.edu - a short paragraph of no more than 200 words explaining your relevant background experience and interest in the seminar. Please make the subject line of your email "Application for Critical Race Theory." If selected, you will be sent the course control number to enroll.


Attendance at the first class is mandatory for all currently enrolled and waitlisted students; any currently enrolled or waitlisted students who are not present on the first day of class (without prior permission of the instructor) will be dropped. The instructor will continue to take attendance throughout the add/drop period and anyone who moves off the waitlist into the class must continue to attend or have prior permission of the instructor in order not to be dropped.


Requirements Satisfaction:


This class may be counted as either an Option 1 class (two Option 1 classes satisfy the J.D. writing requirement) or units from this class may count toward the J.D. Race and Law Requirement. This class may count for both requirements if and only if a student is electing Option 1 and the student's other Option 1 class being used to satisfy the J.D. writing requirement is not being counted towards any other requirement.

The Race and Law Requirement applies to the class of 2026 and beyond.

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Exam Notes: (None) Class requires a series of papers, assignments, or presentations throughout the semester
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Course Category: Social Justice and Public Interest
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
Race and Law

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Books:
Required Books are in blue

  • Critical Race Theory: A Primer
    Khiara Bridges
    Publisher: Foundation Press
    ISBN: 9781683284437
    e-Book Available: Unknown
    Price: To Be Determined
  • The War on Critical Race Theory: Or, The Remaking of Racism
    David Theo Goldberg
    Publisher: Polity
    ISBN: 9781509558544
    e-Book Available: unknown
    Price: To Be Determined

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