GWSS 490 A: Special Topics in Women Studies

QUEERING CRT THIS GRAD/UNDERGRAD LEVEL COURSE EXPLORES INTERSECTIONALITY VIA CONTEMPORARY (2020-2023) CULTURAL BATTLES OVER CRITICAL RACE THEORY (CRT) AND GENDER IN SCHOOLS, HEALTHCARE, THE FAMILY, AND IN STAT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. RACE AND GENDER CO-CREATE ONE ANOTHER, THEY ARE NOT STATIC; RATHER, SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND POLITICAL MECHANISMS CONSTANTLY CONSTRUCT, REINFORCE, AN PERPETUATE THEM. STUDENTS DELVE INTO RACE AND GENDER AS EVER-MOVING POLITICAL PROCESSES QUEERING THE DEBATES SURROUNDING CRT AND GENDER, DISRUPTING THE FICTITIOUS DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TWO. QUEERLY WE ASK, HO DO RACISM AND CISSEXIM CONTINUE TO SHAPE THE US SOCIOPOLITICAL LANDSCAPE?