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Exposes students to the cutting edge of critical thinking around issues of race and ethnicity. Examines how to unpack “commonsense” ideas about race and inequality. Uses theory as a tool to offer students an opportunity to develop critical thinking, a new vocabulary, and a framework for understanding the history and contemporary impact of race within the United States and in a global context. Analyzes how race has been theorized by a range of thinkers, and explores new knowledge about the interactions between race, ethnicity, immigration, gender, class, and sexuality. As a final project, students articulate their own intellectual and activist calling and consider how theory can inform their academic, political, and personal futures.