| HIST 232 - This is not a Drake Story: (Mis)Characterizations and (Mis)Caricaturizations of Black Judaism |
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During the 20th century, Jewish racial identity has increasingly moved towards notions of whiteness with the perceptions of “Black Jews” being fictional and farcical. By the end of the 20th century and into the 21st, Black communities and cultural icons were identifying as Jewish. Ethiopian Jews were admitted to Israel under the Law of Return and musicians such as Lenny Kravitz, Drake, as well as comedian Tiffany Haddish publicly asserted a Jewish identity. Global perceptions influenced by racial science criminalized Blackness, and Judaism participated in racial thinking and hierarchies as well while also being subjected to them. In this global history of Black Judaism (1800-present), students will learn about the historiographical and current debates regarding race and ethnicity in Judaism, discuss the increasing diversity of global Judaism, and push beyond the history of Blacks and Jews as an allied history to an intersected history.
1.000 Credit hours
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: View scheduled sections
Books and Materials By Section:
Division of Social Science Division
History Department
Course Attributes: [AC], [HS] |
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