The War on Critical Race Theory

Or, The Remaking of Racism

David Theo Goldberg (University of California, Irvine)

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Polity Press
21 April 2023

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“Critical Race Theory” is consuming conservative America. The mounting attacks on a once-obscure legal theory are upending public schooling, legislating censorship, driving elections, and cleaving communities.

In this much-needed response, renowned scholar David Theo Goldberg cuts to the heart of the claims expressed in these attacks. He punctures the demonization of Critical Race Theory, uncovering who is orchestrating it, funding the assault, and eagerly distributing the message. The book richly illustrates the enduring nature of structural racism, even as a conservative insistence on colorblindness serves to silence the possibility of doing anything about it. Crucially, Goldberg exposes the political aims and effects of the vitriolic attacks. The upshot of CRT’s targeting, he argues, has been to unleash racisms anew and to stymie any attempt to fight them, all with the aim of protecting white minority rule.

By: David Theo Goldberg (University of California Irvine)
Imprint: Polity Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 249g
ISBN: 9781509558544
ISBN 10: 1509558543
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 21 April 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Theo Goldberg is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Comparative Literature, and Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine.

Reviews for The War on Critical Race Theory: Or, The Remaking of Racism

No one who cares about our multiracial democracy can afford to ignore the coordinated, well-funded, and fabricated attack against Critical Race Theory. David Theo Goldberg tells us exactly what we need to know to understand what is at stake, why everyone should pay attention, and what must be done to recover the promise of a livable future. Kimberle Williams Crenshaw, Columbia Law School and the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law In this breathtaking expose of the war on Critical Race Theory, David Theo Goldberg probes the orchestrated outrage, intellectual make-believe, and sloppy architecture of ideas espoused by those seeking desperately to maintain the racist status quo. Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University, author of Race After Technology and Viral Justice