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