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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Delgado, Richard. Critical Race Theory New York : NYU Press, ©2017 (OCoLC)972291310 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Delgado; Jean Stefancic; Angela P Harris |
| ISBN: | 9781479846368 1479846368 9781479802760 147980276X |
| OCLC Number: | 960741784 |
| Description: | xxiii, 199 pages ; 21 cm. |
| 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. |
| Series Title: | Critical America. |
| Responsibility: | Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic ; foreword by Angela Harris. |
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Comprehensive and insightful, Critical Race Theory, Third Edition is a must read for those wondering 'why the fuss?' about racial justice and a must read for those who think they know. An essential tool for today's world. -- Stephanie M. Wildman,John A. and Elizabeth H. Sutro Professor of Law, Santa Clara University Without doubt this is the best introduction available to Critical Race Theory. The authors are inspirational writers who have shaped CRT from its inception to its present state as a global interdisciplinary movement of scholars and activists. CRT provides a radical and challenging perspective that reveals how racism shapes the everyday reality of the world; from law courts and prisons, to the economy, schools, media and health care. -- David Gillborn,Professor of Critical Race Studies, University of Birmingham, UK Read more...
