JLC-455 Race Issues in Justice (3)

Race and justice are inextricably linked. From institutionalized racism on both global and domestic scales to de facto and de jure segregation, profiling in criminal justice, and environmental justice, among other topics, this course explores racism in its varied forms through a justice lens and examines issues of justice through a racial lens, tying the historic to the present and how these two impactful concepts relate to public policy. Discussions are framed by the required texts and readings, while also infusing current events, headlines, scholarly opinions, and relevant subject matter into the examination of this topic. AU Core Integrative Requirement: Diversity and Equity and Capstone.