82-193 Global Minorities: Stories of Diversity Resistance and Survivance

3 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This micro course examines gender and immigrantrefugee inequalities in Arab countries, namely in Lebanon, Morocco, and Egypt, and the intersections of inequalities with social expectations, socioeconomy, race, and immigration status. Case studies will focus on Palestinian, Syrian, and African refugees against the backdrop of political instabilities, geopolitics, national economic struggle, identity politics, and the historical stigmatization of blackness produced by the colonial racialization discourse. The course reflects on the impact of global civil rights movements on artistic expressions graffiti and music, for instance and the ways in which these movements resonated globally, creating solidarity and raising awareness of the commonalities of global structural inequalities. The course material will include filmdocumentaries, personal narratives, and literary and artist voices. Students will engage in virtual exchange dialogue with students in Arab countries and a filmmaker.

Prerequisites: none listed

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