[Critical Race Theory 01] • Critical Race Theory by Delgado, Richard -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Foreword by Angela Harris Preface to the Fourth Edition Acknowledgments I. Introduction

A. What Is Critical Race Theory? B. Early Origins C. Relationship to Previous Movements D. Principal Figures E. Spin-Off Movements F. Basic Tenets of Critical Race Theory G. How Much Racism Is There in the World? H. Organization of This Book

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II. Hallmark Critical Race Theory Themes

A. Interest Convergence, Material Determinism, and Racial Realism B. Revisionist History C. Critique of Liberalism D. Structural Determinism

1. Tools of Thought and the Dilemma of Law Reform 2. The Empathic Fallacy

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3. Serving Two Masters

Classroom Exercise: Who Should Call the Shots?

4. Race Remedies Law as a Homeostatic Device

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III. Legal Storytelling and Narrative Analysis

A. Opening a Window onto Ignored or Alternative Realities B. Counterstorytelling C. Cure for Silencing D. Storytelling in Court E. Storytelling on the Defensive

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IV. Looking Inward

A. Intersectionality B. Essentialism and Antiessentialism C. Nationalism versus Assimilation

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D. Racial Mixture

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V. Power and the Shape of Knowledge

A. The Black-White Binary B. Critical White Studies

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VI. Critiques and Responses to Criticism

A. “External” Criticism

1. Early Critiques 2. Trump and His Followers

B. “Internal” Criticism

1. The Activist Critiques 2. Critique of the Intellectual Heart of the Movement

C. Critical Race Theory as a Method of Inquiry in New Fields and Countries

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VII. Critical Race Theory Today

A. Right-Wing Offensive B. Front-Burner Issues

1. Race, Class, Welfare, and Poverty 2. Policing and Criminal Justice 3. Hate Speech, Language Rights, and School Curricula 4. Affirmative Action and Color Blindness 5. Globalization and Immigration 6. Voting Rights

C. Identity

D. Critical Empirical Analysis

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VIII. Conclusion

A. The Future B. A Critical Race Agenda for the New Century C. Likely Responses to the Critical Race Theory Movement

1. Critical Race Theory Becomes the New Civil Rights Orthodoxy 2. Critical Race Theory Marginalized and Ignored 3. Critical Race Theory Analyzed but Rejected 4. Partial Incorporation

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Glossary of Terms Index About the Authors