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July 24, 2005

Crenshaw, Kimberlé Williams. “Foreward: Toward A Race-Conscious Pedagogy in Legal Education.” National Black Law Journal v11 (1): 1-14.

July 24th 2005 Posted to Critical Race Theory and Pedagogy, African American, The Academy, Court & Policy Issues

Focusing on “the substantive dynamics of the law school classroom and their particular impact on minority students,” Crenshaw argues that “dominant beliefs in the objectivity of legal discourse serve to suppress conflict by discounting the relevance of any particular perspective in legal analysis and by positing an analytical stance that has no specific cultural, political, or class characteristics.” Crenshaw calls this primary mode “perspectivelessness.” Noting that this mode is problematic for many reasons, Crenshaw focuses on the particular burden it places on minority students as they are expected to adopt a worldview that in fact fosters white middle-class values while claiming to carry no perspective. (Read the article)

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July 6, 2005

Hua, Anh. “Critical Race Feminism.” Canadian Critical Race Conference 2003: Pedagogy and Practice. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada. May 2 - 4, 2003.

July 06th 2005 Posted to Critical Race Theory and Pedagogy, Race, Gender and Sexuality

Critiquing the limits of a binary, black/white racial dialogue, Hua turns to Critical Race Feminism as a useful method of expanding the conversation along more multiple and complex gender and racial lines. Distinct from standard North American feminisms, Critical Race Feminism theorizes the relationship between race, gender, and other oppressions; it insists on greater multiplicity within feminism; and it suggests an alternative feminist epistemology. Hua analyzes bell hooks’ and Audre Lorde’s valuable contributions to the intersection of feminism and race, but notes their limitations within the black/white binary. Ella Sohat’s multicultural feminism is useful, Hua believes, for it bases its political project in a process of identification and affiliation, rather than any single and essential identity. “Critical Race Feminism” Article Online

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Hall, Kim. “White Feminists Doing Critical Race Theory: Some Ethical and Political Considerations.” APA Newsletters: Newsletter on Philosophy, Law, and the Black Experience 98.2 (Spring 1999).

July 06th 2005 Posted to Critical Race Theory and Pedagogy, Race, Gender and Sexuality, Whiteness Studies

Writing from the perspective of a white feminist who considers herself a Critical Race Theorist, Hall notes the danger of separating gender, class, and sexuality from discussions of race. Hall acknowledges that white philosophers approaching questions of race must negotiate their own positions of white privilege, but she writes that such perspectives on race—as well as such negotiations of white privilege—are necessary to the eventual elimination of racial marginalization. Rather than simply adding another element to an already-complete discussion, gender is in fact integral to any adequate treatment of race. Similarly, any treatment of gender must acknowledge race as a constitutive component of the conversation. “White Feminists Doing Critical Race Theory” Article Online

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