PHILOSOPHY, RACE, AND MULTICULTURALISM

Phil 318 - Race and Racism

SYLLABUS

Readings

The Idea of Race; Do Races Exist?

Latinos and Race

Racial Discrimination

Bertrand/Mullainathan - Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination
Kelly - Race and Racial Cognition

Police and Police Killings

SJC tosses gun case, cites racial profiling
Stereotyping Vs. Black Lives Matter - Watch Garner video, Tamir Rice video, Walter Scott video, which are linked to article
Mapping Police Violence - Has photos and brief descriptions of the killing of (most of the) 102 unarmed black people killed by police in 2015, with comparison statistics to whites and Hispanics. (Scan this to get a sense of the individual people; not necessary to read the whole thing.)
What The Data Really Says About Police And Racial Bias - Reports various studies, concerning both police shooting, and profiling, with some studies finding no anti-black bias
Breakdown Of US Citizens Killed By Cops In 2016 - Statistics on police killings by race, gender, mental illness, weapon of victim. More whites killed than blacks, though rate higher for blacks. (does not distinguish out unarmed)

White Supremacy and White Nationalism

The Legacy of Discrimination

Asians Between Black and White: Outsiders and the "Model Minority Stereotype"

Glenn Loury’s Philosophy of Race

The Reparations Controversy

Handouts

Exams