CHID 260 A: Re-Thinking Diversity

RETHINKING DIVERSITY ___ IS DIVERSITY AN OUTDATED REQUIREMENT? DIVERSITY FOR WHOM, WHERE AND WHY? WHAT HISTORICAL INEQUALITIES IS THIS EFFORT ATTEMPTING TO BALANCE? INDEED, HOW DO PRIVILEGED GROUPS RE ENACT EXISTING POWER RELATIONS IN ART, LITERATURE, FILM AND HISTORICAL TEXTS? IN THIS CLASS, WE EXAMINE EXISTING HIERARCHIES PERTAINING TO RACE, GENDER AND SEXUALITY, CLASS, ABILITY, STATEHOOD AND SPECIES.