Topics in Social Stratification (Half-Term): Racial and Ethnic Classification and Identity

This seminar explores the formation of racial and ethnic identities and groups and the rules of racial and ethnic classification for such purposes as official statistics (e.g., censuses) and law (e.g., civil rights enforcement); recent changes in the U.S. ethno-racial order, including the emergence of pan-ethnic categories (e.g., Hispanic/Latino/Latinx; Asian American; people of color; BIPOC); whiteness and white identity politics; and controversies over the future course of racial and ethnic change in the U.S. population and politics.