This course immerses students in the burgeoning academic and historical literature on political and racial tolerance. The course will focus on the implications of political and racial intolerance, factors that explain tolerance, and how we can improve political and racial tolerance throughout society. The course begins with an examination of historical patterns and trends political intolerance. Then we will consider major theoretical explanations of the roots of intolerance. We will consider how intolerance is perpetuated or mitigated in modern society along with the major implications of intolerance. Then we will consider how to overcome prejudice.