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Module CRITICAL RACE AND ETHNIC IRELAND

Module code: SO241
Credits: 5
Semester: 1
Quota: 100
Department: SOCIOLOGY
International: Yes
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This course takes a critical race studies approach to the study of the histories, contributions and lived experiences of racialized communities of colour on the island of Ireland. The course uses Critical Race and Racial Formation Theories to better understand how these histories and experiences shape and are shaped by social institutions within Ireland and Irish society. There are three sections to this course. First, we briefly look at the historical context of Ireland (with past racialization and post colonialism in its experience) with a specific focus on early migrants (early 1900s and before) to Ireland from India, China and the African continent. We then move throughout more contemporary Irish history to look at the experiences of Vietnamese refugees, secondary Chinese migrants from the UK, Somalian (and other) asylum seekers, Filipino, Brazilian, and Nigerian migrants. The second part of the course turns to examine these ethnic histories in Ireland within the social institutions of the state (migration and asylum regimes), family, education, sport, popular culture, politics and political processes and the labour market. The final part of the course examines how people of colour in Ireland today relate to each other and the global world through experiences like the #BlackLivesMatter movement and how those expressions manifest is social movements, artistic contributions and social and cultural change in Ireland.

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