The First Day of School: A CRT Story

This chapter talks about critical race theory (CRT) in educational scholarship more than ten years after the presentation of that initial paper and offers recommendations for scholars interested in building on and moving beyond the theoretical project. Most academic movements are restricted to college campuses, think tanks, policy consortiums, etc. The rapid expansion of digital media in conjunction with the hallmarks of CRT storytelling methodology, legal insights and historical analysis related to racial reform proved a powerful combination. The chapter illustrates that to understand race and how it operates requires an understanding of truth, morality, and in particular, ethics. It expresses that the effects of intergenerational achievement and wealth are vital constructs that will assist scholars of race in fundamental problem solving and thinking related to engineering positive change in schools.