2nd session of reading group: Critical Race Theory

Is there still theoretic space for Critical Race Theory? Aren't we beyond racial analyses of the law? If race is indeed a social construction, should we pursue 'colorblind' legal thinking?

Thanks to all the organizers for another successful, enriching meeting of the reading group (Wed., Oct. 20). Here is a list of the readings that were covered:

1. Crenshaw, Kimberlé. “The First Decade: Critical Reflections, or ‘A Foot In The Closing Door’” UCLA Law Review, June 2002. 49 UCLA L. Rev. 1343.

2. Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214, 65 S.Ct. 193, 89 L.Ed. 194 (1944).

3. McCleskey v. Kemp, 481 U.S. 279, 107 S.Ct. 1756, 95 L.Ed.2d 262 (1987).

4. Haney Lopez, Ian F. “The Social Construction of Race.” Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, Winter 1994. 29 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 1.

5. Wendel, Bradley. “A Moderate Defense of Hate Speech” Harvard Journal on Legislation, Summer 2004. 41 HVJL 407.

6. Kastely, Amy H. “Out of the Whiteness: On Raced Codes and White Race Consciousness in Some Tort, Criminal, and Contract Law.” University of Cincinnati Law Review, Fall 1994. 63 U. Cin. L. Rev. 269.

7. Angela Harris’s introduction to the Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic’s Critical Race Theory: An Introduction (New York: NYU Press, 2001).