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AF AMER 2C

Black Folks Kung Fu Fightin': Black America, Martial Arts, and Popular Culture

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Exploration of longer history of Black Americans and their relationship to martial arts; who some of key players are; how Black folks' engagement with martial arts has been represented in popular culture; connections of race, class, and gender through martial arts. Analysis of history of martial arts in Black America from post-World War II era to present. Using books and articles, movies and television shows, and other popular cultural venues, students develop critical analytical skills to understand how race, gender, expressive culture, and martial arts operate together to form understanding of Black American experience. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.47
n = 40 · 1 term · ± 0.075
A range
63%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
0%
— of those passed
D / F / W
5.0%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Not offered in Fall 2026.

Enrollment history

Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.

  • 4023W
Enrolment by term: 23W 40
Peak 40 Most recent 40 in 23W 1 term on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 10 · 25.0%
  • A 9 · 22.5%
  • A- 6 · 15.0%
  • B+ 3 · 7.5%
  • B 5 · 12.5%
  • B- 2 · 5.0%
  • C+ 1 · 2.5%
  • C- 2 · 5.0%
  • D+ 1 · 2.5%
  • D- 1 · 2.5%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.

By instructor

Instructor Predicted Raw n Terms A range
MAYS, KYLE TRAVIS-CARRINGTON 3.42 3.41 40 1 63%

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.

By term