Critical Race Theory An Introduction Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic Foreword by Angela Harris NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London II Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Angela Harris Introduction A. What Is Critical Race Theory? B. Early Origins C. Relationship to Other Movements D. Principal Figures E. Spin-off Movements F. Basic Tenets of Critical Race Theory G. How Much Racism Is There in the World? H. Organization of This Book Questions and Continents for Chapter I Suggested Readings Hallmark Critical Race Theory Thèmes A. Interest Convergence, Material Determinism, and Racial Realism B. Revisionist History C. Critique of Liberalism D. Structural Determinism 1. Tools of Thought and the Dilemma of Law Reform 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 9 11 13 14 15 16 20 21 25 26 XI xii I Contents III IV 2. The Empathie Fallacy Classroom Exercise 3. Serving Two Masters 4. Race Remédies Law as a Homeostatic Device Questions and Continents for Chapter II Suggested Readings Légal Storytelling and Narrative Analysis A. Opening a Window onto Ignored or Alternative Realities B. Counterstorytelling C. Cure for Silencing D. Storytelling in Court E. Storytelling on the Défensive Questions and Conintents for Chapter III Suggested Readings Looking Inward A. Intersectionaliry B. Essentialism and Anti-Essentialism C. Nationalism versus Assimilation Classroom Exercise Questions and Comments for Chapter IV Suggested Readings Power and the Shape of Knowledge A. The Black-White Binary B. Critical White Studies Classroom Exercise C. Other Developments: Latino and Asian Critical Thoughr, Critical Race Feminism, Queer-Crit Theory Questions and Comments for Chapter V Suggested Readings 27 29 30 31 33 34 37 39 42 43 45 46 47 48 51 51 56 59 63 64 65 67 67 74 80 81 84 85 VI VII VIII Contents Critiques and Responses to Criticism Classroom Exercise Questions and Comments for Chapter VI Suggested Readings Critical Race Theory Today A. The 1990s B. Capitalism on the Rampage 1. Unmasking Color Blindness 2. Race, Class, Welfare, and Poverty 3. Globalization C. Power D. Identity Classroom Exercise Questions and Comments for Chapter VII Suggested Readings Conclusion A. The Future B. A Critical Race Agenda for the New Century C. Likely Responses to Critical Race Theory 1. Critical Race Theory Becomes the New Civil Rights Orthodoxy 2. Critical Race Theory Marginalized and Ignored 3. Critical Race Theory Analyzed, but Rejected 4. Partial Incorporation Classroom Exercise Questions and Comments for Chapter VIII Suggested Readings Glossary of Ternis Index About the Authors 1 xiii 87 95 97 98 101 101 102 103 107 111 113 120 121 123 125 129 129 131 133 133 134 134 135 135 137 138 141 157 167