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Critical race theory : an introduction / Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic ; foreword by Angela Harris.

By: Delgado, Richard [author.].
Contributor(s): Stefancic, Jean [author] | Harris, Angela P, 1961-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Critical America: Publisher: New York : New York University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: Third edition.Description: xxiii, 199 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781479802760 (paperback)).Subject(s): Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States | Critical legal studies -- United States | United States -- Race relations -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 342.7308
Contents:
Introduction -- Hallmark critical race theory themes -- Legal storytelling and narrative analysis -- Looking inward -- Power and the shape of knowledge -- Critiques and responses to criticism -- Critical race theory today -- Conclusion.
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Updated to include the Black Lives Matter movement, the presidency of Barack Obama, the rise of hate speech on the Internet, and more

Since the publication of the first edition of Critical Race Theory in 2001, the United States has lived through two economic downturns, an outbreak of terrorism, and the onset of an epidemic of hate directed against immigrants, especially undocumented Latinos and Middle Eastern people. On a more hopeful note, the country elected and re-elected its first black president and has witnessed the impressive advance of gay rights.

As a field, critical race theory has taken note of all these developments, and this primer does so as well. It not only covers a range of emerging new topics and events, it also addresses the rise of a fierce wave of criticism from right-wing websites, think tanks, and foundations, some of which insist that America is now colorblind and has little use for racial analysis and study.

Critical Race Theory is essential for understanding developments in this burgeoning field, which has spread to other disciplines and countries. The new edition also covers the ways in which other societies and disciplines adapt its teachings and, for readers wanting to advance a progressive race agenda, includes new questions for discussion, aimed at outlining practical steps to achieve this objective.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Hallmark critical race theory themes -- Legal storytelling and narrative analysis -- Looking inward -- Power and the shape of knowledge -- Critiques and responses to criticism -- Critical race theory today -- Conclusion.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword (p. xiii)
  • Preface to the Third Edition (p. xix)
  • Acknowledgments (p. xxiii)
  • I Introduction (p. 1)
  • A What Is Critical Race Theory? (p. 3)
  • B Early Origins (p. 4)
  • C Relationship to Previous Movements (p. 5)
  • D Principal Figures (p. 6)
  • E Spin-Off Movements (p. 7)
  • F Basic Tenets of Critical Race Theory (p. 8)
  • G How Much Racism Is There in the World? (p. 11)
  • H Organization of This Book (p. 13)
  • Questions and Comments for Chapter I (p. 16)
  • Suggested Readings (p. 17)
  • II Hallmark Critical Race Theory Themes (p. 19)
  • A Interest Convergence, Material Determinism, and Racial Realism (p. 20)
  • B Revisionist History (p. 25)
  • C Critique of Liberalism (p. 26)
  • D Structural Determinism (p. 31)
  • 1 Tools of Thought and the Dilemma of Law Reform (p. 32)
  • 2 The Empathic Fallacy (p. 33)
  • Classroom Exercise (p. 35)
  • 3 Serving Two Masters (p. 36)
  • Classroom Exercise (p. 37)
  • 4 Race Remedies Law as a Homeostatic Device (p. 38)
  • Questions and Comments for Chapter II (p. 40)
  • Suggested Readings (p. 42)
  • III Legal Storytelling and Narrative Analysis (p. 44)
  • A Opening a Window onto Ignored or Alternative Realities (p. 46)
  • B Counterstorytelling (p. 49)
  • C Cure for Silencing (p. 50)
  • D Storytelling in Court (p. 52)
  • E Storytelling on the Defensive (p. 53)
  • Questions and Comments for Chapter III (p. 55)
  • Suggested Readings (p. 57)
  • IV Looking Inward (p. 58)
  • A Intersectionality (p. 58)
  • B Essentialism and Antiessentialism (p. 63)
  • C Nationalism versus Assimilation (p. 66)
  • Classroom Exercise (p. 70)
  • D Racial Mixture (p. 71)
  • Questions and Comments for Chapter IV (p. 73)
  • Suggested Readings (p. 75)
  • V Power and the Shape of Knowledge (p. 77)
  • A The Black-White Binary (p. 77)
  • B Critical White Studies (p. 85)
  • Classroom Exercise (p. 92)
  • C Other Developments: Latino and Asian Critical Thought, Critical Race Feminism, LGBT Theory (p. 92)
  • Questions and Comments for Chapter V (p. 98)
  • Suggested Readings (p. 100)
  • VI Critiques and Responses to Criticism (p. 102)
  • A "External" Criticism (p. 102)
  • B "Internal" Criticism (p. 104)
  • 1 The Activist Critiques (p. 105)
  • 2 Critique of the Intellectual Heart of the Movement (p. 106)
  • C Critical Race Theory as a Method of Inquiry in New Fields and Countries (p. 108)
  • Classroom Exercise (p. 109)
  • Questions and Comments for Chapter VI (p. 110)
  • Suggested Readings (p. 112)
  • VII Critical Race Theory Today (p. 113)
  • A Right-Wing Offensive (p. 114)
  • B Front-Burner Issues (p. 114)
  • 1 Race, Class, Welfare, and Poverty (p. 115)
  • 2 Policing and Criminal Justice (p. 120)
  • 3 Hate Speech, Language Rights, and School Curricula (p. 125)
  • 4 Affirmative Action and Color Blindness (p. 130)
  • 5 Globalization and Immigration (p. 135)
  • 6 Voting Rights (p. 139)
  • C Identity (p. 140)
  • Classroom Exercise (p. 142)
  • D Critical Empirical Analysis (p. 142)
  • Questions and Comments for Chapter VII (p. 145)
  • Suggested Readings (p. 149)
  • VIII Conclusion (p. 152)
  • A The Future (p. 152)
  • B A Critical Race Agenda for the New Century (p. 154)
  • C Likely Responses to the Critical Race Theory Movement (p. 157)
  • 1 Critical Race Theory Becomes the New Civil Rights Orthodoxy (p. 157)
  • 2 Critical Race Theory Marginalized and Ignored (p. 158)
  • 3 Critical Race Theory Analyzed but Rejected (p. 159)
  • 4 Partial Incorporation (p. 159)
  • Classroom Exercise (p. 160)
  • Questions and Comments for Chapter VIII (p. 162)
  • Suggested Readings (p. 164)
  • Glossary of Terms (p. 167)
  • Index (p. 187)
  • About the Authors (p. 199)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Richard Delgado is the John J. Sparkman Chair of Law at the University of Alabama.
Jean Stefancic is Professor and Clement Research Affiliate at the same law school. They have collaborated on five previous books, including the Latino/a Condition, 2nd edition (NYU Press, 2010), The Derrick Bell Reader (NYU Press, 2005), How Lawyers Lose Their Way: A Professional Fails Its Creative Minds, Understanding Words That Wound, and No Mercy: How Conservative Think Tanks and Foundations Changed America's Social Agenda.
Angela Harris is Distinguished Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law.