MCS 110 Race, Class, and Gender

The test of our progress: a brief history of race, gender, and worker protections in the twentieth century -- The wages of discrimination: paycheck unfairness -- Punching the clock: part-time, just-in-time, and overtime -- The wild West: the lawless world of the contingent workforce -- Bye-bye, baby: giving birth and back to work -- Did Mary Poppins have kids?: child care and the working mother -- Leaning together.

What role should racial difference play in the American workplace? As a nation, we rely on civil rights law to address this question, and the monumental Civil Rights Act of 1964 seemingly answered it: race must not be a factor in workplace decisions.

Cleaning up Catfish Row: Black celebrity and the making of Porgy and Bess -- Sammy Davis, Jr.: daring, deferential, and "money" -- Harry Belafonte and the northern liberal network -- The arts group and the march on Washington -- Dick Gregory and celebrity grassroots activism -- Stars for Selma -- Celebrities and Black power -- Epilogue.

Eight North American men of different races continue to talk together about how racism affects them and how their time together has changed their initial anger and racial perspectives.