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HIST 344  Insiders/Outsiders: Jewish Identity in the New World  Units: 3.00  
An examination of the nationalist paths taken by the United States and Canada from the state-sanctioned racial profiling of immigrants in the early 20th century to current multicultural ideas and policies, with a focus on the precarious place of Jews and other racialized groups in the racial hierarchy.
Learning Hours: 144 (36 Seminar, 108 Private Study)  
Requirements: Prerequisite Registration in a HIST Major or Joint Honours Plan and a minimum grade of C+ in 6.0 units from HIST 300-330.  
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science  

Course Learning Outcomes:

  1. Know the history of Jewish-Black relations in North America and how the Black Lives Matter movement fits into it.
  2. Understand how the field of 'whiteness studies' pertains to North American Jewish history.
  3. Grasp the complexity and diversity of Jewish identity, including the place of Black Jews in the largely Ashkenazic communities of North America.
  4. Examine the role of capitalism in the commercialization of ethnic identities.
  5. Apply what they've learned in a research paper on a topic of their own choosing.
  6. Organize and express their thoughts clearly and coherently in active and engaged oral participation in class.