Critical Race Theory (Third Edition): An Introduction (Critical America, 20) *EPUB
Updated to include the Black Lives Matter movement, the presidency of Barack Obama, the rise of hate speech on the Internet, and more Since the publication of the first edition of Critical Race Theory in 2001, the United States has lived through two economic downturns, an outbreak of terrorism, and the onset of an epidemic of hate directed against immigrants, especially undocumented Latinos and Middle Eastern people. On a more hopeful note, the country elected and re-elected its first black president and has witnessed the impressive advance of gay rights. As a field, critical race theory has taken note of all these developments, and this primer does so as well. It not only covers a range of emerging new topics and events, it also addresses the rise of a fierce wave of criticism from right-wing websites, think tanks, and foundations, some of which insist that America is now colorblind and has little use for racial analysis and study. Critical Race Theory is essential for understanding developments in this burgeoning field, which has spread to other disciplines and countries. The new edition also covers the ways in which other societies and disciplines adapt its teachings and, for readers wanting to advance a progressive race agenda, includes new questions for discussion, aimed at outlining practical steps to achieve this objective. Read more
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Why Must Read Critical Race Theory (Third Edition): An Introduction (Critical America, 20)?
I read this book to learn more about Critical Race Theory. In the process of this endeavor, I continually ran into truth claims void of evidence, false presuppositions, racial stereotyping and straw man arguments. The book did help me understand Critical Race Theory better than I had previously understood it. It also revealed to me that the entire theory is build upon a house of cards whose foundation is sand. It’s presuppositions concerning “whiteness” and the assumed collective motivations of the white race toward colonialism and the obtaining and holding of power over other races are on the par of conspiracy theories. It not only explains CRT from a legal profession standpoint, it holds an implicit bias in support of it. The typical presuppositions are promoted including the concepts of oppressed and oppressor being race based. Other false presuppositions include theories concerning implicit racism in law enforcement, the implicit racism of nation states enforcing national boundaries, inequity in education based on racial divide and the free enterprise system in international free trade being implicitly racist. If you can stomach the implicit bias in this book, you might be able to gain some insight into the mindset of a CRT advocate by reading it. In that since I recommend it. However, I do not recommend serious consideration of its conspiracy theory tendencies.
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