In the history of the United States employers and mangers have been key architects of racial segregation and the ideologies that justified it. Arguments about the "racial suitability" of different people for certain kinds of work and tasks created a "science" that has shaped what we believe and learn about the organization of work and the management of workplaces. Movements to challenge racism have focused on the role of the state and the use of laws to exclude African American and immigrant workers from access to rights and protection. But what about the place where most people spend more than one-third of their time: at work? How has the workplace been a site of knowledge-creation through the very organization of work and production? How do ideas that are applied "at work" relate to broader social problems like housing discrimination, racist university admissions, and gendered-arguments for who deserves jobs?
Co-sponsored by Management & Business, International Affairs, American Studies and Black Studies.
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