This is Critical Race Theory

Antipathy toward "Critical Race Theory" has led policymakers to restrict curriculum, ban books, and even fire teachers. But what is Critical Race Theory? This reading-intensive lecture course introduces sophomores to some of its foundational scholarship. Lectures and readings contextualize Critical Race Theory in the history of the civil rights movement, especially the hard won but limited impact of civil rights legal victories. The course concludes by considering how the actual framework of Critical Race Theory is useful for analyzing the contemporary attack on "Critical Race Theory".