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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456712403321

Titolo

Crossroads, directions, and a new critical race theory [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Francisco Valdes, Jerome McCristal Culp, and Angela P. Harris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2002

ISBN

1-299-83374-8

1-4399-0779-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (439 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ValdesFrancisco <1954->

CulpJerome M. <1950->

HarrisAngela P. <1961->

Disciplina

305.8/00973

Soggetti

Race discrimination - Law and legislation - United States

Electronic books.

United States Race relations Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Histories -- pt. 2. Crossroads -- pt. 3. Directions.

Sommario/riassunto

Its opponents call it part of ""the lunatic fringe,"" a justification for ""black separateness,"" ""the most embarrassing trend in American publishing."" ""It"" is Critical Race Theory.But what is Critical Race Theory? How did it develop? Where does it stand now? Where should it go in the future? In this volume, thirty-one CRT scholars present their views on the ideas and methods of CRT, its role in academia and in the culture at large, and its past, present, and future.Critical race theorists assert that both the procedures and the substance of American law are structured