AFRS 282 - The Carceral State and Black (Queer and Trans) Bodies

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)

This course will examine the impact of criminalizing and carceral apparatuses on Black queer and trans bodies. Building upon the work of scholars like Andrea Ritchie, Dean Spade, and Michelle Fine as well as the advocacy of organizations like Sylvia Rivera Law Project, National Center for Transgender Equality, and National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, we will explore, what Joey Mogul, Andrea Ritchie and Kay Whitlock have named, “queer (in)justice.” More specifically, we will employ intersectionality, the Black feminist sociological theory, and critical race theory as the optics through which we might assess the multiple and interconnected systems (i.e., homo and trans antagonisms; White racial supremacy; late capitalism and neoliberalism; etc.) that impact the lives of Black queer and trans people in the age of the prison industrial complex. Mr. Moore.

Two 75-minute periods.