A new edition of a seminal text in Critical Race Theory
Since
the publication of the third edition of Critical
Race Theory: An
Introduction in 2017, the United States has experienced a dramatic
increase in racially motivated mass shootings and a pandemic that
revealed how deeply entrenched medical racism is and how public
disasters disproportionately affect minority communities. We have
also seen a sharp backlash against Critical
Race Theory, and a
president who deemed racism a thing of the past while he fanned the
flames of racial intolerance and promoted nativist sentiments among
his followers. Now more than ever, the racial disparities in all
aspects of public life are glaringly obvious.
Taking
note of all these developments, this fourth edition covers a range of
new topics and events and addresses the rise of a fierce wave of
criticism from right-wing websites, think tanks, and foundations,
some of which insist that America is now colorblind and has little
use for racial analysis and study. Award-winning authors Richard
Delgado and Jean Stefancic also address the rise in legislative
efforts to curtail K-12 teaching of racial history.
Critical
Race Theory, Fourth
Edition, is essential for understanding developments in this
burgeoning field, which has spread to other disciplines and
countries. The new edition also covers the ways in which other
societies and disciplines adapt its teachings and, for readers
wanting to advance a progressive race agenda, includes new readings
and questions for discussion aimed at outlining practical steps to
achieve this objective.
