23150		11:15-12:30P	TR			GUTERL
Above section meets with AAAD-A 156

This course offers students an opportunity to develop a comparative
perspective on American race-relations, specifically considering the
similarities and differences of the struggles against Jim Crow in
America and against apartheid in South Africa.  In both places, the
late twentieth century witnessed a revolt against the legal and
philosophical framework of racial supremacy.  The emphasis in this
class will be on two things: first, providing you with a basic
knowledge of the history of race-relations in each location, along
with a sense of some of the major themes and personalities of the
second half of the twentieth century; second, giving you the
methodological skill set to compare these two cases.  With this in
mind, the course lectures, readings, and assignments are designed to
teach you what happened, when it happened, why it happened, and also
how to write and think about it.

You will write three essays.  The first essay will be no longer than
4 pages and will compare two legal documents prohibiting “mixed
marriage,” one from South Africa and the other from the United
States. The second essay will be no longer than 8 pages and will
compare and contrast two autobiographies: Anne Moody’s "Coming of Age
in Mississippi" and Mark Mathabane’s "Kaffir Boy."  The third essay
will be no longer than 12 pages and will compare and contrast the
lives, experiences and ideas of Steve Biko and Malcolm X.

Assigned texts include: Mark Mathabane, "Kaffir Boy," Anne
Moody, "Coming of Age in Mississippi," Alex Haley (with Malcolm
X), "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," George Breitman, ed., "Malcolm
X Speaks!," Steve Biko, "I Write What I Like," and Donald
Woods, "Biko"