The course critically examines the origins & reproduction of racialized inequality/oppression and counter-movements for racial justice from a global, comparative-historical and interdisciplinary perspective. Relevant topics include debates about the relationship between capitalism and race, ethnicity and indigeneity; comparative history of political, social, & economic inequalities linked to race, caste and ethnicity; intersectional critiques of global inequality; global racialization of poverty and racialization of other global socioeconomic processes such as labor, migration, & environmental injustice. The course further explores how movements from below worldwide have shaped an intersectional theory and practice of racial justice.