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Introduction
Critical race theory has become a polemical talking point in the debate on race in our society. It originally developed in the legal academy. This section provides examples of the classic and contemporary literature in the critical race tradition, as well as the current debates on what critical race theory is (and what it is not) and why it matters.
Books & Book Chapters
Richard Delgado, Critical Race Theory: An Introduction (2017)
Available online and in print at UW LibrariesLaura E. Gómez, Manifest Destinies: The Making of the Mexican American Race (2nd ed. 2018)
Available online and in print at UW LibrariesC. Vann Woodward, The Strange Career of Jim Crow (1955)
Available online and in print at UW Libraries
Richard Monette, Blood Quantum: Fractionated Land, Fractionated People in The Great Vanishing Act (Kathleen Ratteree and Norbert Hill eds., 2017)Available online from UW Law School Digital Repository and in print at UW Libraries
Articles
Reading Lists
- Critical Race Theory BooksFrom Good Reads.
Other Resources
- The Great Debate: Critical Race Theory and Muslims, Sapelo (2020)"Sapelo Square and Maydan have collaborated to publish “The Great Debate: Critical Race Theory and Muslims,” a series of essays that examine Critical Race Theory through the lens of Black Muslims and Black Muslim communities in the United States ..."