CRT's Founders
He joined the Harvard Law School faculty as a lecturer in 1969 and in 1971 became its first tenured black professor. He gave up his professorship in 1992 to protest the school’s hiring practices, specifically the lack of women of color on the faculty. His protest garnered national news coverage and stirred the passions of many students.
Who is Derrick Bell?
"Faces at the Bottom of the Well"
This framework, heavily influenced by People of Color and people with dis/abilities, considers how the intersection of dis/ability and other marginalized identities can have a compounding, adverse effect on a young child, person, or family (Annamma, Connor, & Ferri, 2013).
What is DisCrit?
She is a pioneering scholar and writer on civil rights, critical race theory, Black feminist legal theory, and race, racism and the law. In addition to her position at Columbia Law School, she is a Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Who is Kimberlé Crenshaw?
Countering white Critical Theory scholars’ primary class-based critique of power dynamics within society; critique of multicultural education within education; Questioning white-dominant liberal progression
What is Critique of [neo] Liberalism/Neo-Marxist?
Race is contingent upon other social identities and circumstantially the nexus of identities are impacted by events and people’s perspectives
What is Intersectionality?
"Critical Race Theory: An Introduction"
Theorists in this community aim to center Latinas/os” multiple internal diversities and to situate Latinas/os in larger inter-group frameworks, both domestically and globally, to promote social justice awareness and activism.
What is LatCrit?
He earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and mathematics at the University of Washington. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, where he earned a J.D. in 1974 while serving as the Notes & Comments editor of the California Law Review.
Who is Richard Delgado?
Derrick Bell (considered the father of CRT) began a legacy of calling out the racialized tyranny orchestrated through the US legal system and CRT continues that legacy by explicitly calling out the hypocrisy and white supremacy within the US legal system and championing meaningful racial legal justice.
What is Racial Legal Justice?
Part of a larger critique of the academy and westernized scientific methods and philosophy, CRT puts an emphasis on the African/Black tradition of storytelling (illuminating morality, humanity and justice through stories) as a legitimate scientific method.
What is Story and Counter-storytelling?
"Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement"
Who are Kimberle Crenshaw (Editor), Neil Gotanda (Editor), Gary Peller (Editor), Kendall Thomas (Editor)
Also known as Critical Race Parenting, scholars in this framework discuss pedagogical ways parents and children can co-construct understanding about race, racism, whiteness, and white supremacy.
What is ParentCrit?
Her first article, “Liberal Jurisprudence and Abstracted Visions of Human Nature,” published in 1986, boldly—albeit respectfully—took on liberal legal philosopher John Rawls’ theory of justice and in doing so announced her own philosophical orientation.
Who is Mari Matsuda?
Advantages, privileges, access, citizenship, and resources (social and financial capital) are maintained, defined, and accrued by who is- and owns whiteness.
What is Whiteness as Property?
Black progression only occurs when the interest of Black folk compliments and/or converges with the white interest. Inversely, if Black progression and/or liberation is at odds with white interest, then it does not occur.
What is Interest Convergence/Material Determinism?
"Handbook of Critical Race Theory in Education"
Who are Marvin Lynn and Adrienne D. Dixson?
This framework highlights that anti-Asian oppression cannot be fully understood without considering both national and transnational contexts (Aguirre & Lio, 2008).
What is AsianCrit?
A constitutional law expert, he joined the University of Buffalo faculty in 1982 after serving as a visiting professor the previous year. He formerly taught at the University of Minnesota Law School.
Who is Alan Freeman?
Endemic nature of racism; the social construct of racism affects every part of our lives and mitigates truth, citizenship, humanity, and property.
What is Racial Realism?
Challenge linear and white-ahistorical perspectives of knowledge, while validating Black and Indigenous thought that has been historically marginalized and discredited.
What is Elevation of Pragmatic & Non-majoritarian Knowledge?
"Foundations of Critical Race Theory in Education"
Who are Edward Taylor, David Gillborn, Gloria Ladson-Billings?
This framework seeks to highlight experiences of racism specific to indigenous peoples, such as the problems of assimilation, the centrality of sovereignty and self-determination, and the importance of tribal philosophies and traditions (Brayboy, 2005).
What is TribalCrit?