Day: January 7, 2012

  • FYS 102N: Exploring Mixed Identities University of Maryland, Baltimore County Fall 2011 The aim of this course is to move beyond prevalent monoracial discourses by examining identities and experiences from a mixed race/mixed ethnicity perspective. This course explores many topics such as the history of racialization, processes of othering, acceptance and the politics of claiming,…

  • LATC-GA 2145 – Semester in Latin America: Brazilian Racial Democracy New York University Spring 2012 Sarah Sarzynski, Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow of Latin American and Caribbean Studies Racial democracy, or the myth of racial democracy, has been a dominant national narrative in Brazil throughout the twentieth century. Gilberto Freyre’s The Masters and the Slaves (1933) is…