TY - BOOK AU - Delgado,Richard AU - Stefancic,Jean AU - Harris,Angela P. TI - Critical race theory: an introduction SN - 9781479802760 (pbk : alk. paper) AV - KF 4755 D352c 2017 U1 - 342.7308/73 PY - 2017/// CY - New York PB - New York University Press KW - Race discrimination KW - Law and legislation KW - United States KW - Critical legal studies KW - Critical race theory KW - Discriminación racial KW - Legislación KW - Estados Unidos KW - Estudios jurídicos críticos KW - Teoría crítica de la raza KW - Race relations KW - Philosophy KW - Relaciones raciales N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Hallmark critical race theory themes -- Legal storytelling and narrative analysis -- Looking inward -- Power and the shape of knowledge -- Critiques and responses to criticism -- Critical race theory today -- Conclusion N2 - Since the publication of the first edition of [this book], the United States has lived through two economic downturns, an outbreak of terrorism, and the onset of an epidemic of hate directed against immigrants, especially undocumented Latinos and Middle Eastern people. On a more hopeful note, the country elected and re-elected its first black president and has witnessed the impressive advance of gay rights. As a field, critical race theory has taken note of all these developments, and this primer does so as well. It not only covers a range of emerging new topics and events, it also 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 ER -