And We Are STILL Not Saved: 20 Years of CRT and Education

Adrienne Denise Dixson, Celia K Rousseau-Anderson

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Abstract

This chapter addresses the relationship between critical race theory (CRT) scholarship in North America and antiracist research elsewhere, especially in the United Kingdom (UK). Many people imagine Britain to be a relatively homogeneous place where ethnic diversity only arose following the Second World War: but this is to neglect Britain’s central role in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. British antiracism arose as much from a critique of liberal multiculturalism as it did from an analysis of the racist nature of the state. The chapter examines the consequences of the present situation and considers critical antiracist scholarship and praxis internationally. The starting point for CRT is a focus on racism. In particular, its central importance in society and its routine character: CRT begins with a number of basic insights. CRT portrays dominant legal claims of neutrality, objectivity, color blindness, and meritocracy as camouflages for the self-interest of powerful entities of society.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCritical Race Theory in Education
Subtitle of host publicationAll God’s Children Got a Song
EditorsAdrienne D Dixson, Celia K Rousseau Anderson, Jamel K Donnor
PublisherRoutledge
Pages32-54
Number of pages23
Edition2
ISBN (Electronic)9781315709796
ISBN (Print)9781138891142, 9781138891159
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Social Sciences

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'And We Are STILL Not Saved: 20 Years of CRT and Education'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this