Critical Race Theory Has a Scholarship Problem

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For many critical theorists, the true dividing line isn't privileged people versus the oppressed; it's people who agree with them versus those whose motives cannot be trusted.

Sign up for Quillette Sydney. London. Toronto. Subscribe Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. Critical Race Theory has a scholarship problem. Many of its most prominent academics impugn the motives of anyone who disagrees with them. They refuse to consider the possibility that critics might have something to add to the discussion. In Critical Race Theory: An Introduction , Richard Delgado (one of the founders of CRT) and Jean Stefancic characterize opposition to CRT this way: “As Thomas Kuhn has shown, paradigms resist change. It should come as no

Critical Race Theory Has a Scholarship Problem

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