This course introduces students to issues related to diversity and inequality in cities within the United States. As a class, we will explore major perspectives, theories, and issues related to the relationship between diversity and the unequal distribution of resources and life trajectories often at the center of struggles pertaining to urban development, the allocation of resources, and distributions of power. Utilizing work from urban planning and other related disciplines such as history, sociology, geography, and critical studies, we will build a conceptual understanding of how diversity (race, class, gender, nationality, ability, etc.) and inequality shape the politics of urban development, community, and space. Students in this course will be expected to analyze important social scientific and historical background information on material and cultural phenomena pertaining to these topics to improve critical thinking and analytical skills.