LAWS 3908 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Critical Legal Studies, Meritocracy, Social Inequality
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Laws 3908 class 3: critical race theory. Critical race theory (crt): popularized in the 1980s, it is the theoretical framework that offers racial analysis of legal and social issues. The term critically response to pre-existing theories and methodologies that consider race (e. g. traditional civil rights theory, critical legal studies movement, It brought criticism of theories, methodologies that treat power, oppression as sideline issues. Was initially aimed at exposing and addressing racism against black people in united states. Seeks to illustrate how (and why) law was complicit in the problem of racism. Focuses on power and oppression as central driving forces of racial bias. To destabilize oppressive orders, transform today"s society to free marginalized groups from racialized powers and controls. To recognize that social hierarchies that enable oppression are deeply entrenched. To mobilize results of scholarship, particularly through participation from marginalized population. To defend (often unpopular) positions that show promise to effect change. To address misconceptions about status quo positions.
