The Critical Race Theory

Everyday the future in America looks brighter for the issues dealing with race and identity. Brave souls are not letting racism, class discrimination, or sexism hold them back anymore. Furthermore, the fight for a balanced society that pushes for equality is on the horizon. As we close on an era, based on purely the skin of the person, we need to analyze the impacts of the Ethnicity paradigm and Class paradigm on politics of the 20th century. Race and Ethnicity are used interchangeable in everyday conversation, however; they are not the same.

In this part, the intersectionality of race and gender developed by Critical Race theorist can be used. Critical Race Theorist argues that “race does not occur independently of the histories of

The major thesis in this book, are broken down into two components. The first is how we define racism, and the impact that definition has on how we see and understand racism. Dr. Beverly Tatum chooses to use the definition given by “David Wellman that defines racism as a system of advantages based on race” (1470). This definition of racism helps to establish Dr. Tatum’s theories of racial injustice and the advantages either willingly or unwillingly that white privilege plays in our society today. The second major thesis in this book is the significant role that a racial identity has in our society.

Omi and Winant’s theories on racial formation are adopted by Kim to apply to his own theories. He uses the conclusions Omi and Winant made to make the basic claim that the concept of race is very fluid and loosely based. Therefore it is an ever-changing social construct. Most people consider race to be a specific category- something that is indefinitely distinguishable. However one of Kim’s main points is that we should strive to push ourselves away from the way of thinking that focuses on the particularities of race.

According to Delgado and Stefancic, the Critical Race Theory (CRT) is a

This connects to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 2 & 7 because it discriminates against people and also makes the law unfair to people of color. Critical Race Theory is a set of ideas holding racial bias in inherent parts of western society, especially in the social and legal institutions. This idea is strongly believed because white people designed and created social and legal institutions. " CRT (Critical Race Theory) challenges white privilege and exposes deficit-informed research that ignores, and often omits, the scholarship of people of color" (George 9). The idea of Critical Race Theory is a national issue throughout the United States.

CRT supporters use facts and evidence, such as statistics from the workplace and schools, to explain why CRT is needed in school systems today. CRT opposition believes that it can be harmful and divisive; the truth of CRT is that it is an essential tool for understanding and addressing systemic racism in American society. When reviewing the data regarding fundamental aspects of life such as education, healthcare, and employment, it is clear that people of color are severely worse off than white people. As unfortunate as it is, even an ethnic-sounding name, as opposed to a white-sounding name, can cause an employer to hire one over another. One of the sources I dove into was David Bell’s, “Who’s Afraid of Critical Race Theory”.

Critical Race Theory (CRT) is an interdisciplinary framework that emerged in the United States during the late 1970s and seeks to understand how race and racism intersect with other forms of social identity and power relations within society. Proponents of CRT posit that race is not biologically determined but is a social construct created to maintain power and privilege for dominant groups. One of the central tenets of CRT is the recognition that racism is not only an individual problem, but rather an institutionalized and systemic phenomenon that permeates society at all levels. CRT allows individuals to examine how the legal, social, and political systems perpetuate racial inequalities, leading to systemic racism and oppression. Despite its importance as an academic framework, CRT has recently come under attack from conservative pundits who use it as a talking point to promote their fascist ideology.

Stereotypes rampant in today’s society. They are implanted in one’s mind from a young age and learnt from school, media, friends or family. Moreover, the unique qualities of a person which can be beneficial for society can be hidden due to stereotypes. As a result, society can undermine a person by judging that judging that person based on the general idea it has about that person’s age, race, personality and/or financial status. Consequently, stereotypes have been a common topic that many authors have used in their books, with one such book being John Ball’s

Race-relation is an ongoing American social problem in need of constants study within the discipline of sociology. There are a variety of ways to analyze race relations. Racism is a piece of each part of our lives. Whether it is on the news or through individual experience, we see prejudice surrounding us. It appears like we have basically acknowledged prejudice as a feature of our lives.

This paper will seek to show how Critical Race Theory, a particular ideology within the grand Social Justice Movement, has historically

Critical Whiteness Studies responds to the invisible and normative nature of whiteness in predominantly white societies, criticizing racial and ethnic attribution of non-white subjects who have to grapple with their deviation from the set norm, and opening the discussion on white privilege that results from being the unmarked norm (Kerner: 278). As Conway and Steyn elaborate, Critical Whiteness Studies aims to “redirect[...] the scholarly gaze from the margins to the centre” (283) and, more specifically, to interrogat[e][...] the centre of power and privilege from which racialization emanates but which operates more or less invisibly as it constructs itself as both the norm and ideal of what it means to be human. (ibid.) Thus, Critical Whiteness

Race has always been a problem in America and other countries. But developments such as Critical Race Theory (CRT) has helped challenge race and racial power and its representation in American society. Articles such as Critical Race Theory: An Introduction by Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic; White Privilege, Color, and Crime: A Personal Account by Peggy McIntosh have helped CRT develop further. Along with the documentary White Like Me by filmmaker Tim Wise. These articles and film explore the race and racism in the United States, along with critical race theory.

Stereotyping is a crucial tool towards human beings. People can be much attached to the idea of stereotypes, because they tend to gather and back up their stories from their own experiences. And people are all guilty for creating a single story, whether it’s on purpose or not. How would people see the world if there was no such thing as a “single story”? In her speech, “The Danger of a Single Story”, Chimamanda Ngozi Achidie, is a writer from Nigeria, and she defines herself as a storyteller.

In today 's society we encounter and face numerous problems that can be solved. In everyday life we as human beings walk around giving other individuals stereotypes without realizing that we are doing so. One of Society 's biggest problems that we are facing right now is stereotyping people. Stereotyping people has so much of a negative effect on our society.