ANTHRO M144P

Constructing Race

Anthropology · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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(Same as African American Studies M159P and Asian American Studies M169.) Examination of race, socially constructed category, from anthropological perspective. Consideration of development of racial categories over time and in different regions, racial passing, multiracial identity in U.S., whiteness, race in popular culture, and race and identity.

P/NP or letter grading.

When it runs

Spring 2026
Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

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Requisites

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