critical race theory

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A movement in academia involving the application of critical theory to issues surrounding the interaction between racial dynamics and social and legal power.

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“In short, Critical Race⟳ Theory is an intellectual movement that is both particular to our postmodern (and conservative) times and part of a tradition of human resistance and liberation.”

“We would signal the specific political and intellectual location of the project through the "critical", the substantive focus⟳ through "race⟳", and the desire to develop⟳ a coherent account of race⟳ and law through the term "theory"... If we were going to give⟳ this inchoate thing a name⟳, let⟳ it be a proper sign⟳ on the intellectual landscape: Critical Race⟳ Theory.”

“The Critical Race⟳ Theory (CRT) movement is a collection of activists and scholars interested in studying and transforming the relationship among race⟳, racism and power.”

“2016, Gloria Ladson-Billings, "The Evolving Role of Critical Race⟳ Theory in Educational Scholarship", in: Adrienne D. Dixson, Celia K. Rousseau Anderson, Jamel K. Donnor (ed.), Critical Race⟳ Theory in Education: All God's Children Got a Song, Routledge, page It seems hard to believe⟳ that a decade has gone by since the term "critical race⟳ theory" was introduced into educational scholarship, and at the same time it is a very appropriate interval at which to take⟳ stock⟳ of where we are.”

“But maybe the very obscurity of this genuine critical race⟳ theory is the point⟳: before it became the object of the American right’s latest moral panic, few people had heard of critical race⟳ theory, and even fewer understood what it really was.”

“The fight⟳ over critical race⟳ theory seems, on the surface, further from theological concerns. There are, obviously, plenty of people who aren’t evangelical who are anti-C.R.T., as well as evangelicals who oppose⟳ C.R.T. bans.”

“The actual critical race⟳ theory argues that racism isn’t just what happens when an individual decides to hate⟳ a group of people, but rather an ideology that has been embedded in American institutions.”

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