Understanding Critical Race Theory: Insights and Perspectives

Explore the nuances of Critical Race Theory through the works and perspectives of scholars like Gloria Ladson-Billings, Derrick Bell, and others. Delve into the tenets of CRT, discussions on racism as normal, interest convergence theory, and the concept of race as a social construction. Gain a deeper understanding of how CRT challenges traditional narratives and offers unique insights into racial dynamics in society.

• Critical Race Theory
• Gloria Ladson-Billings
• Derrick Bell
• Racism
• Social Construction

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1. CRITICAL RACE THEORYWHAT IT IS NOT! Gloria Ladson-Billings University of Wisconsin-Madison

2. A CRT IN EDUCATION TIMELINE Proposal Submission AERA Annual Meeting Ladson-Billings & Tate, Toward a critical race theory of education, Teachers College Press, 97, 47-68

3. LADSON-BILLINGS & TATES LEARNING CURVE Crenshaw (1988) Tate, Ladson- Billings & Grant (1993) Bell (1989) Delgado; Matsuda; Harris, et al Williams (1991)

4. WRITING PROCESS Draft to colleagues Colloquium Feedback

5. A TALE OF 2 COASTS Crenshaw Crenshaw Bell Gotanda Delgado Peller Williams Solarzano Green Yosso Ladson-Billings & Tate

6. LEWIS TERMAN High-grade or border- line deficiency is very, very common among Spanish-Indian and Mexican families of the southwest and also among negroes. Their dullness seems to be racial .

7. TENETS OF CRT (DELGADO & STEFANCIC, 2001) Belief that racism is normal, not aberrant in US Interest convergence Race as a social construction Intersectionality and anti-essentialism Voice or Counter-narrative

8. RACISM AS NORMAL Gunnar Myrdal Anomaly Thesis Hochschild Symbiosis Thesis

9. INTEREST CONVERGENCE White people seek racial justice only to the extent that there is something in it for them ~ Derrick Bell

10. RACE AS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION There is a deep paradox between the scientific notion of no- race and the social parameters of race by which we conduct our lives and structures our institutions. ~ (Smedley, 1993)

11. INTERSECTIONALITY AND ANTI-ESSENTIALISM The examination of race, sex, class, national origin, sexual orientation and how their combinations play out in various settings. ~ Delgado & Stefancic (2001)

12. IS IT RACE, CLASS, OR GENDER?

13. DIFFERENT RESPONSES TO THE OJ VERDICT

14. VOICE OR COUNTER-NARRATIVE

15. LADSON-BILLINGS & TATE (EDS.) (2006)

16. CRT IS NOT sexy trendy new Racial navel gazing

17. A CRT ANTI-CHRONICLE