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  1. Sep 16, 2024 · Critical race theorists hold that racism is inherent in the law and legal institutions of the United States insofar as they function to create and maintain social, economic, and political inequalities between whites and nonwhites, especially African Americans.

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  2. Nov 8, 2021 · He has also called critical race theory “state-sanctioned racism.” According to Professor Crenshaw, opponents of C.R.T. are using a decades-old tactic: insisting that acknowledging...

  3. Sep 30, 2021 · Critical race theory (CRT) calls attention to the ways laws are constructed to maintain a racial hierarchy, in which Black families and their communities are systematically and disproportionately disenfranchised.

  4. Sep 16, 2024 · Several Republican-led states adopted bans on the teaching of what was called critical race theory, which amounted to any suggestion that racism is entrenched in American society, that people of colour continue to be oppressed because of their race, that whites may harbour and act upon racist attitudes of which they are unaware, or that whites ...

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  5. Mar 20, 2022 · CRT began as a critique of liberalism and its myths of meritocracy that underpin ideas of race neutrality, objectivity, and colorblindness. It has acted as a critical framework through which to examine and explain the pervasiveness and character of racism (s) across and within social institutions.

  6. Mar 18, 2024 · We do so by summarizing the history of HDFS and its present relationship with race and racism. We then introduce Critical Race Theory and highlight two foundational tenets of the framework—social construction of race and structural racism—that serve as the motivation for a set of 12 actionable recommendations to enhance the study of race in ...

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  8. Jul 21, 2021 · Critical race theory has become a topic of fierce political debate in the US in recent months. The conflict has most prominently played out in public school districts, as parents, teachers...