Race and Politics

The study of both race and politics are fraught with preconceived notions, assumptions, and

anecdotal evidence supporting one’s own views. In this course we will learn how race is

studied by scholars, organizers, and activists who not only submit their preconceived notions

to the test of scientific scrutiny, but who also engage issues of race, power, domination, and

society as a matter of grave importance. The purpose of this course is to understand race and

it’s study from a social scientific perspective, and to understand the ways that identity politics

are integral to our interpretation and understanding of the American political sphere broadly.

 

Marcus Board Jr. I am currently a tenured Associate Professor of Political Science at Howard University. I earned my Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2017 in Political Science.  At its center, my academic research is about the same things as my life's work - liberation.