This course is an introduction to how race and gender interact with and shape politics around the world, relying on multiple critical approaches to politics that are relevant to the modern world. This course will emphasize a number of perspectives, including those of Black folks, Post-colonial scholars, Black feminists, Indigenous scholars, and other historically excluded peoples. We will also examine relationships with subjects such as political behavior, colonialism, incarceration, development, justice, human rights, and environmental concerns. Despite this diverse list of topics, not every possible facet of race, gender, and politics can be covered in a single semester. However, through our discussions, analyses, and syntheses, a central goal will be to help students understand broader political situations through the frameworks we examine.