CRITICAL RACE THEORY
b'Critical race theory\\xa0(CRT) is an academic movement of\\xa0civil rights\\xa0scholars and activists in the United States who seek to critically examine the\\xa0law\\xa0as it intersects with issues of\\xa0race\\xa0and to challenge mainstream\\xa0liberal\\xa0approaches to\\xa0racial justice.[1]\\xa0Critical race theory examines social, cultural and legal issues as they relate to race and\\xa0racism.[2][3]\\nCritical race theory originated in the mid-1970s in the writings of several American legal scholars including\\xa0Derrick Bell, Alan Freeman,\\xa0Kimberl\\xe9 Crenshaw,\\xa0Richard Delgado,\\xa0Cheryl Harris, Charles R. Lawrence III,\\xa0Mari Matsuda, and\\xa0Patricia J. Williams.[1]\\xa0It emerged as a movement by the 1980s, reworking theories of\\xa0critical legal studies\\xa0(CLS) with more focus on race.[4]\\xa0Both critical race theory and critical legal studies are rooted in\\xa0critical theory, which argues that social problems are influenced and created more by\\xa0societal structures\\xa0and\\xa0cultural assumptions\\xa0than by individual and psychological factors.[5]\\nCritical race theory is loosely unified by two common themes: first, that\\xa0white supremacy, i.e.\\xa0societal or structural racism, exists and maintains power through the law;[6]\\xa0and second, that transforming the relationship between law and racial power, and also achieving racial\\xa0emancipation\\xa0and\\xa0anti-subordination\\xa0more broadly, is possible.[7]\\nCritics of critical race theory argue that it relies on\\xa0social constructionism, elevates\\xa0storytelling\\xa0over evidence and reason, rejects the concepts of truth and merit, and opposes\\xa0liberalism.[8][9][10]\\n\\n\\n--- \\n\\nSend in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chicano/message'