Understanding Black Critical Theory
<p>Critical Race Theory (CRT) draws from a broad literature base in law, social sciences, ethnic and women’s studies, and history. Its origins lie in the law and the development of Critical Legal Studies in the late 1970s and 1980s as an approach to critiquing the slow pace of Civil Rights legislation throughout the past decade. Today, CRT has made waves and received a litany of criticism for its incisive critique of the legal system as a historical and contemporary purveyor of structural and institutional racism. For instance, Kimberlé Crenshaw’s work (intersectionality) has helped usher in a paradigm shift regarding how social structures work together to support and maintain differential access to power, influence, and privilege across evolving social, political, and historical contexts.</p>
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