DSOC 25A28 - Race, discrimination and racial inequalities on both sides of the Atlantic

This course focuses on race, discrimination and racial inequalities. The course will address three key questions:

• What is race as perceived in the U.S. and Europe, and what are the sources of racial inequalities?
• What does social science research tell us about patterns and trends of racial inequalities?
• What policies can alleviate racial inequalities? The course will systematically adopt comparative perspectives focusing on the North American and European contexts. We will also address research on race and racial inequality within an interdisciplinary lens particularly building on sociology, economics and social psychology.

This course will suit students who are interested in both economics and sociology. Sciences Po students who are enrolled in the “economy & society” major will particularly make the most of it, as well as exchange students and students from other majors who are interested in both these disciplines.

This course being a joint course between Paris and New York, PLEASE NOTE THE SCHEDULE IS ATYPICAL: 4PM TO 6PM. Thank you for double checking if you are not enrolled in another class at the same time.

This course is designed for undergraduate students from both institutions. We aim for a class of 30 students (15 from each partner university) in order to be able to organize in-depth discussions and systematic comparative thinking. Class will take place once a week (for 2 hours). The classes will be organized in a hybrid format. In each campus, the professor will teach his/her class in person and the two classes will be connected via Zoom. The Columbia and Science Po professors will thus co-teach a virtually connected class. The professors will closely coordinate and alternate in leading the lecture and discussion parts of each class.

Columbia Team: Prof. Thomas DiPrete and Prof Marissa Thompson.