University of Oregon (CorruptED)

University of Oregon ethnic studies courses feature topics such as anti-racism, white privilege, and whiteness. Course texts include Peggy McIntosh’s White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.

COURSES

ES 101: Introduction to Ethnic Studies

The course ES 101: Introduction to Ethnic Studies includes content such as anti-racism, colonialism, intersectionality, racial colorblindness, white privilege, and whiteness. Course texts include the works of Angela Davis, Derrick Bell, and Peggy McIntosh’s White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.

The course description states that it will introduce students to the “academic field of Ethnic Studies, raising questions about the ways that race and racism shape our experiences and world across a range of time and places: When and how did the concept of race arise? How does race connect with other forms of difference such as class, gender and sexuality? How do our personal experiences with racial identity and racism relate to the structure of our society? What does it mean to claim racial “colorblindness”? How have Ethnic Studies scholars explored areas such as immigration, popular culture, education, imperialism, war, and labor? How have concerns for social justice and equity shaped the field of Ethnic Studies?”