critical race theory

Noun

 * 1) A movement in academia involving the application of critical theory to issues surrounding the interaction between racial dynamics and social and legal power.
 * 2) * 1995, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings that Formed the Movement'', The New Press, page xi:
 * In short, Critical Race Theory is an intellectual movement that is both particular to our postmodern (and conservative) times and part of a tradition of human resistance and liberation.
 * 1) * 2002, Kimberlé Crenshaw, "The First Decade: Critical Reflections, or 'A Foot in the Closing Door'", in: Francisco Valdes, Jerome Mccristal Culp and Angela Harris (ed.), ''Crossroads, Directions and A New Critical Race Theory, Temple University Press, page 19:
 * We would signal the specific political and intellectual location of the project through the "critical", the substantive focus through "race", and the desire to develop a coherent account of race and law through the term "theory"... If we were going to give this inchoate thing a name, let it be a proper sign on the intellectual landscape: Critical Race Theory.
 * 1) * 2012, Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, Critical Race Theory: An Introduction'', New York University Press, page 3:
 * The Critical Race Theory (CRT) movement is a collection of activists and scholars interested in studying and transforming the relationship among race, racism and power.
 * 1) * 2016, Gloria Ladson-Billings, "The Evolving Role of Critical Race Theory in Educational Scholarship", in: Adrienne D. Dixson, Celia K. Rousseau Anderson, Jamel K. Donnor (ed.), Critical Race Theory in Education: All God's Children Got a Song'', Routledge, page
 * It seems hard to believe that a decade has gone by since the term "critical race theory" was introduced into educational scholarship, and at the same time it is a very appropriate interval at which to take stock of where we are.
 * It seems hard to believe that a decade has gone by since the term "critical race theory" was introduced into educational scholarship, and at the same time it is a very appropriate interval at which to take stock of where we are.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 批判性種族理論
 * French:
 * German: kritische Rassentheorie
 * Japanese: 批判的人種理論
 * Swedish: kritisk rasteori