In 2001, Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic published their definitive Critical Race Theory, a compact introduction to the field that explained, in straightforward language, the origins, principal themes, leading voices, and new directions of this important movement in legal thought. Since then, critical race theory has gone on to influence numerous other fields of scholarship, and the Delgado and Stefancic primer has remained an indispensible guide for students and teachers. Delgado and Stefancic have revised the book to include material on key issues such as colorblind jurisprudence, Latino-Critical scholarship, immigration, and the rollback of affirmative action. This second edition introduces readers to important new voices in fields outside of law, including education and psychology, and offers greatly expanded issues for discussion, updated reading lists, and an extensive glossary of terms.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments . xiii Forew ord by Angela Harris . xv Pref ace to the Second Edition . xxi I Introduction ...1 A. What Is Critical Race Theory? . 3 B. Early Origins . 4 C. Relationship to Previous Movements . 4 D. Principal Figures . 5 E. Spin-off Movements . 6 F. Basic Tenets of Critical Race Theory . 7 G. How Much Racism Is There in the World? . 10 H. Organization of This Book . 12 Questions and Comments for Chapter I . 15 Suggested Readings . 16 II Hallmark Critical Race Theory Themes . 19 A. Interest Convergence, Material Determinism, . 20 and Racial Realism B. Revisionist History . 24 C. Critique of Liberalism . 26 D. Structural Determinism . 30 1. Tools of Thought and the Dilemma . 31 of Law Reform 2. The Empathic Fallacy . 32 Classroom Exercise . 35 3. Serving Two Masters . 35 Classroom Exercise . 36 4. Race Remedies Law as a Homeostatic Device . 37 Questions and Comments for Chapter II . 39 Suggested Readings . 41 III Legal Storytelling and Narrative Analysis . 43 A. Opening a Window onto Ignored or . 45 Alternative Realities B. Counterstorytelling . 48 C. Cure for Silencing . 49 D. Storytelling in Court . 51 E. Storytelling on the Defensive . 52 Questions and Comments for Chapter III . 53 Suggested Readings . 55 IV Looking Inward . . 57 A. Intersectionality . 57 B. Essentialism and Antiessentialism . 62 C. Nationalism versus Assimilation . 65 Classroom Exercise . 69 Questions and Comments for Chapter IV . 70 Suggested Readings . 72 V Power and the Shape of Knowledge . 75 A. The Black-White Binary ...75 B. Critical White Studies . 83 Classroom Exercise . 90 C. Other Developments: Latino and Asian . 90 Critical Thought, Critical Race Feminism, Queer-Crit Theory Questions and Comments for Chapter V . 95 Suggested Readings . 97 VI Critiques and Responses to Criticism . 99 Classroom Exercise . 108 Questions and Comments for Chapter VI . 109 Suggested Readings . 111 VII Critical Race Theory Today . 113 A. Right-Wing Offensive . 114 B. Postracialism and a Politics of Triangulation . 114 1. Unmasking Color Blindness . 115 2. Race, Class, Welfare, and Poverty . 120 3. Globalization . 124 C. Power . 127 D. Identity . 135 Classroom Exercise . 137 Questions and Comments for Chapter VII . 138 Suggested Readings . 141 VIII Conclusion ...143 A. The Future . 143 B. A Critical Race Agenda for the New Century . 145 C. Likely Responses to the Critical Race . 147 Theory Movement 1. Critical Race Theory Becomes the . 148 New Civil Rights Orthodoxy 2. Critical Race Theory Marginalized . 148 and Ignored 3. Critical Race Theory Analyzed, . 149 but Rejected 4. Partial Incorporation . 149 Classroom Exercise . 150 Questions and Comments for Chapter VIII . 152 Suggested Readings . 153 Glossary of Terms . 155 Index . 175 About the Authors . 185

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A timely update to this classic primer

Reviews

Praise for the first edition: "Unlike other theorists, these people mean to change the world, not merely to 'ascertain how society organizes itself along racial lines and hierarchies, but to transform it for the better.' This book has served as my introduction to a field I wish I had started to cultivate and harvest much earlier." Bloomsbury Review "Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, prolific contributors to and tireless propagators of the Critical Race Theory gospel, here combine their understandings in a marvellously readable overview of this path-breaking and controversial field of legal thought that will enlighten newcomers while offering new perspectives for critics as well as adherents." Derrick Bell, author of Faces at the Bottom of the Well