Looks like a nice
campus, Oleg. (Fairly safe assumption based on the unique course title.)
Interesting how the class would focus specifically on
1900-1960. 1964-present would be more along the lines of modern political assessment. There are a number of classes which, as Skiz pointed out, are nothing but a bitch fest and/or tear jerker. One class my wife took on Northwest History was ALL about how horrible whites had been to Indians. No exaggeration. You are VERY unlikely to hear a single word that would indicate
anyone in the US had ever been anything but a slave trader who whipped blacks for walking down the street.
Ask yourself what value the course will have other than being used as a pulpit. Things here are less than ideal, but dwelling in oppression 54 to 114 years ago isn't going to do anything but pile guilt on the members of the class who most likely weren't even born for another 30+ years.
EDIT- If you do decide to stay in the class, don't resist. The professors who teach specific classes like that do it because they've got an ax to grind. If you value your grade, just consider yourself in a prison cell with a black, 300 lb weight lifter who thinks you owe some "reparations".
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