Political Science 3065 3.0W 2013
Professor David McNally
THE POLITICAL CULTURE OF RACE AND RACISM
Course Director: David McNally, S637 Ross Building, Office hours: W: 10:30-11:30, R: 1-2
Course Lectures: Thursday, 10:30 AM – 12:20 PM, Curtis Lecture Hall B
Required Texts:
*Vic Satzewich and Nikolaos Liodakis, ‘Race’ and Ethnicity in Canada
*Etienne Balibar and Immanuel Wallerstein, Race, Nation, Class
*Various readings available online (as indicated below) or at davidmcnally.org (under the
“Courses” tab)
Some Web Sites Dealing with Racism and Anti-Racism
Justice for Migrant Workers: http://www.justicia4migrantworkers.org/
No One is Illegal Toronto: http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/ (especially tab, “Get the Facts”)
Links to other NOII sites: http://nooneisillegal.org/
Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement: http://winnipeg.ipsm.ca/
Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) Nation http://kilands.org/
Migrant Worker Solidarity Network: http://migrantworkersolidarity.wordpress.com/
Indian Country Today: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/
Artists Against Racism: http://www.artistsagainstracism.com/
INCITE: Women of Color Against Violence: http://www.incite-national.org/
Students United Against Racism: http://www.noracism.ca/
Tutorials
01 – Thursday 8:30 AM, 212 MC
03 – Thursday 9:30 AM, 211 MC
05 – Thursday 13:30 PM, ACW 104
02 – Thursday 9:30 AM, 212 MC
04 – Thursday 13:30 PM, ACW 008
06 – Thursday 8:30 AM, 211 MC
Course Grading Scheme
*Letter to the Editor/Thoughtful Blog (300 words) – 10%
* Speech to YFS meeting, board of education or municipal government (500 Words) – 10%
* Short essay – 20% (1500 words – due date March 7)
* Final essay (3000 words – due date April 4) – 35%
* Tutorial participation – 20%
COURSE SCHEDULE
JANUARY 10 – Course Introduction
JANUARY 17 – “Race,” Racism and Racecraft
Readings: ‘Race’ and Ethnicity in Canada, Ch. 6
JANUARY 24 – Colonialism, Capitalism and the Invention of “Race”
Readings: *Barbara Jeanne Fields, “Slavery, Race and Ideology in the
United States of America,” New Left Review 181 (1990), available at davidmcnally.org;
*‘Race’ and Ethnicity in Canada, Ch. 1, pp. 11-15; and Race, Nation, Class, Ch. 12
JANUARY 31 – Close to Home: Racism in Canada – Its History and Contemporary Forms
Readings: ‘Race’ and Ethnicity in Canada, Ch. 2
FEBRUARY 7 – Indigenous Peoples and Racism in North America
Readings: ‘Race’ and Ethnicity in Canada, Ch. 7
FEBRUARY 14 – Nationalism and the Construction of Race
Readings: Race, Nation, Class, Ch. 5 and Ch. 3
FEBRUARY 21 – Reading Week
FEBRUARY 28 – “Commodity Racism” and Popular Culture: Sports
Readings: *Ben Carrington, “ ‘Race’, Representation and the Sporting Body,” available at
http://www.gold.ac.uk/media/carrington.pdf
and two short pieces on racism and women’s tennis:
*http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2012/12/15/serena-williams-the-hottentot-venus-andaccidental-racism/
* http://www.thetennisspace.com/five-thoughts-on-playing-serena/
[Basketball and hip hop fans may be interested in: David J. Leonard, “The Real Color of Money:
Controlling Black Bodies in the NBA,” Journal of Sport and Social Issues (2006), v. 30, n. 2.
MARCH 7 – Modern Racism and the Prison-Industrial Complex
Readings: Loic Wacquant, “Class, race & hyperincarceration in revanchist America,” Daedalus,
Summer 2010, available at davidmcnally.org
MARCH 14 – Immigration and “Neo-Racism”
Readings: ‘Race’ and Ethnicity in Canada, Ch. 3; and Race, Nation, Class, Ch. 1
MARCH 21 – Multiculturalism and Racism in Canada
Readings: ‘Race’ and Ethnicity in Canada, Ch. 5
MARCH 28 – Racism and Popular Culture: The Walking Dead and The Wire
NOTE: It will be a real advantage to you to watch an episode of each program
Readings: *chaunceydevega"(Race)ing Popular Culture: Is "The Walking Dead" TV Show
Racist?” available at: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/18/1075562/--Race-ing-PopularCulture-Is-the-Walking-Dead-TV-Show-Racist
*Brian Cook, “'The Wire' -- Why Criticize One of the Best Crime Shows in TV History?” available
at: http://www.alternet.org/story/77751/%27the_wire%27_-_why_criticize_one_of_the_best_crime_shows_in_tv_history
APRIL 4 – Neo-Racism and Global Apartheid: from Neoliberalism to the Age of Austerity
Readings: *Race, Nation, Class, Ch. 13.; *Salih Booker and William Minter, “Global Apartheid,”
The Nation, July 9, 2001, available at: http://www.thenation.com/article/global-apartheid;
*Manning Marable, “Global Apartheid and America’s New Racial Domain,” The Free Press,
August 13, 2004, available at: http://freepress.org/columns/display/4/2004/1012;