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Students at a public university in New York will have the chance to take a class called the Abolition of Whiteness in the fall, all while knocking out a political science requirement. <\/p>\n
Jennifer Gaboury, a women and gender studies professor, teaches Abolition of Whiteness at Hunter College. POLSC 20474-01: Abolition of Whiteness can be taken as either a women and gender studies course, or as a class for the political science department, for which it fulfills a requirementfor the 4 subfields of political science, according to Campus Reform. <\/p>\n
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The classs listing on the schools course catalog provides only a vague description of its content, but a flyerdisplaying a fall 2016 offeringof the course claims it examines how whiteness and\/or white supremacy and violence is intertwined with conceptions of gender, race, sexuality, class, body ability, nationality, and age. <\/p>\n
Students obtain 3 credits for taking Abolition of Whiteness and 15 out of 25 seats in the course were full when the screenshot was taken, Campus Reform reported Thursday. <\/p>\n
In addition to teaching the course, Gaboury serves as assistant director of Hunter Colleges Women and Gender Studies Program. Her work pertains to masculinities, feminisms, and politics; she is currently working on a project related to race and sex segregation in public bathroom facilities. <\/p>\n
The Daily Caller News Foundation reached out to Gaboury and Hunter College for more information regarding the course, but received no comment in time for publication. <\/p>\n
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