On May 18, 1896, Justice Henry Billings Brown delivered the majority opinion in favor of the State of Louisiana. In part, the opinion read, “The object of the Fourteenth Amendment was undoubtedly to enforce the absolute equality of the two races before the law, but in the nature of things it could not have been …
July 2008 archive
Jul 09
Dixson Discussion
Does the involvement of white scholars hinder the purpose of Critical Race Theory or further it? Having thought about this…What is the role of white scholars in Critical Race Theory (if any)? It has been 3 years since you wrote the article — how has CRT progressed? What singular element would provide CRT with a …
Jul 09
Key Assumptions Underlying Critical Race Theory
Handout from Critical Race Theory on July 9, 2008 Race is socially constructed product of social thought and relations. Racism is normal, ordinary and ingrained into society, making it difficult to recognize. Traditional claims of neutrality, objectivity, and color-blindness must be contested in order to reveal the self-interests of dominant groups. Social justice platforms and …
Jul 09
Critical Race Theory: First Day
one critique is that it uncovers what exists but not how we put it into action The question — what is my race: what the students said: multicultural — EuroAmerican White Mutt African American or Black — the more I read and the workd I do in my writing — am I Black or am …