Critical Race Theory (Third Edition)

An Introduction

Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic

• Publisher: NYU Press
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781479802760
• eBook ISBN: 9781479852772
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Diritto
• Subtopic: Giurisprudenza

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.

Index

accent discrimination, 78, 84, 94, 128; definition of, 167

Acuña, Rodolfo, and nationalism, 69

affirmative action, 130–135; and class, 119; critique of, 131–132; defense of, 132; definition of, 167; and white privilege, 91

African Americans: and environmental justice, 116–118; and home ownership, 116, 117, 119

Afrocentrism, definition of, 167

Aguilar v. Avis Rent a Car System, Inc., 106

Alfieri, Anthony, and stories in clinical lawyering, 53

Americanization, definition of, 167

amicus brief, definition of, 167

antiessentialism, 10–11; and Latinos, 93. See also essentialism/antiessentialism debate

anti-Semitism, definition of, 167

antisnitching campaigns, 62; definition of, 167

apartheid, definition of, 167

Arizona: and English only laws, 128–129; and high school ethnic studies programs, 68–69, 129; and laws against undocumented people, 129

Aryan race, definition of, 168

Asians: and critical legal theory, 3, 94–96; model minority stereotype, 94; and whiteness, 82

assimilation, 66–70; definition of, 168

aversive racism, definition of, 168

Avis. See Aguilar v. Avis Rent a Car System, Inc.

Aztlan, 69

Bakke, Alan, and affirmative action, 38, 131

barrio, definition of, 168

beauty, standards of, 83, 142

Bell, Derrick, xv, 4, 6, 9, 22–24, 35, 38, 45, 48, 68, 104, 108, 140

Bell Curve, The, and affirmative action, 131–132

bicultural education, definition of, 168

bilingualism, definition of, 168

binary paradigm of race: definition of, 168; historical harms of, 80–82. See also black-white binary

biological view of race, definition of, 168. See also race

biracial identity: definition of, 168. See also multiracial

birthright citizenship, definition of, 168

black exceptionalism. See exceptionalism

black judges, and racial injustice, 12, 46

Black Lives Matter, 124

Black Panthers, definition of, 168

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Foreword by Angela Harris
• Preface to the Third Edition
• Acknowledgments
• I. Introduction
• II. Hallmark Critical Race Theory Themes
• III. Legal Storytelling and Narrative Analysis
• IV. Looking Inward
• V. Power and the Shape of Knowledge
• VI. Critiques and Responses to Criticism
• VII. Critical Race Theory Today
• VIII. Conclusion
• Glossary of Terms
• Index
• About the Authors