Critical race theory: an introduction

✍ Scribed by Delgado, Richard;Harris, Angela P.;Stefancic, Jean

• Publisher: New York University Press
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Series: Critical America
• Edition: Third edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Foreword / Angela Harris -- I. Introduction -- What is critical race theory? -- Early origins -- Relationship to previous movements -- Principal figures -- Spin-off movements -- Basic tenets of critical race theory -- How much racism is there in the world? -- II. Hallmark critical race theory themes -- Interest convergence, material determinism, and racial realism -- Revisionist history -- Critique of liberalism -- Structural determinism -- Tools of thought and the dilemma of law reform -- The empathic fallacy -- Serving two masters -- Race remedies law as a homeostatic device -- III. Legal storytelling and narrative analysis -- Opening a window onto ignored or alternative realities -- Counterstorytelling -- Cure for silencing -- Storytelling in court -- Storytelling on the defensive -- IV. Looking inward -- Intersectionality -- Essentialism and Antiessentialism -- Nationalism versus assimilation -- Racial mixture -- V. Power and the shape of knowledge -- The Black-White binary -- Critical White studies -- Other developments : Latino and Asian critical thought, critical race feminism, LGBT theory -- VI. Critiques and responses to criticism -- "External" criticism -- "Internal" criticism -- The activist critiques -- Critique of the intellectual heart of the movement -- Critical race theory as a method of inquiry in new fields and countries -- VII. Critical race theory today -- Right-wing offensive -- Front-burner issues -- Race, class, welfare, and poverty -- Policing and criminal justice -- Hate speech, language rights, and school curricula -- Affirmative Action and color blindness -- Globalization and immigration -- Voting rights -- Identity -- Critical empirical analysis -- VIII. Conclusion -- The future -- A critical race agenda for the new century -- Likely responses to the critical race theory movement -- Critical race theory becomes the new civil rights orthodoxy -- Critical race theory marginalized and ignored -- Critical race theory analyzed but rejected -- Partial incorporation.

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword / Angela Harris --
I. Introduction --
What is critical race theory? --
Early origins --
Relationship to previous movements --
Principal figures --
Spin-off movements --
Basic tenets of critical race theory --
How much racism is there in the world? --
II. Hallmark critical race theory themes --
Interest convergence, material determinism, and racial realism --
Revisionist history --
Critique of liberalism --
Structural determinism --
Tools of thought and the dilemma of law reform --
The empathic fallacy --
Serving two masters --
Race remedies law as a homeostatic device --
III. Legal storytelling and narrative analysis --
Opening a window onto ignored or alternative realities --
Counterstorytelling --
Cure for silencing --
Storytelling in court --
Storytelling on the defensive --
IV. Looking inward --
Intersectionality --
Essentialism and Antiessentialism --
Nationalism versus assimilation --
Racial mixture --
V. Power and the shape of knowledge --
The Black-White binary --
Critical White studies --
Other developments : Latino and Asian critical thought, critical race feminism, LGBT theory --
VI. Critiques and responses to criticism --
"External" criticism --
"Internal" criticism --
The activist critiques --
Critique of the intellectual heart of the movement --
Critical race theory as a method of inquiry in new fields and countries --
VII. Critical race theory today --
Right-wing offensive --
Front-burner issues --
Race, class, welfare, and poverty --
Policing and criminal justice --
Hate speech, language rights, and school curricula --
Affirmative Action and color blindness --
Globalization and immigration --
Voting rights --
Identity --
Critical empirical analysis --
VIII. Conclusion --
The future --
A critical race agenda for the new century --
Likely responses to the critical race theory movement --
Critical race theory becomes the new civil rights orthodoxy --
Critical race theory marginalized and ignored --
Critical race theory analyzed but rejected --
Partial incorporation.

✦ Subjects

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