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AAAS
African American and Africana Studies
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05/09/2025 at 08:30 PM
AAAS485
End Gun Violence: An Analysis of Structural Violence, Interpersonal Violence and Trauma in African-American Communities
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Recommended: AAAS101 or AAAS100.
Cross-listed with: ANTH385.
Credit only granted for: AAAS485, AASP499U, or ANTH385.
Formerly: AASP499U.
Gun violence is the leading cause of death and disability among African-American children and adult men between the ages of 15-44. Structural violence conceptualizes the ways social structures, institutions and systems are complicit in the harm of specific populations (e.g., shortened life expectancy among African Americans). These harms are often preventable. Structural and interpersonal violence, specifically community firearm violence, impacts the physical, psychological, social and emotional well-being, and quality of life of African-Americans, a demographic disproportionately impacted by the harms caused by structural and interpersonal violence. Using an interdisciplinary, structural justice and anti-racist approach this course examines the intersection of structural violence, interpersonal violence and trauma in African-American communities impacted by gun violence.