Crossroads, Directions and A New Critical Race Theory: And A New Critical Race Theory

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Contents FOREWORD: WHO ARE WE? AND WHY ARE WE HERE? DOING CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN HARD TIMES Xl Charles R Lawrence III INTRODUCTION: BATTLES WAGED, WON, AND LOST: CRITICAL RACE THEORY AT THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM 1 Francisco Valdes) Jerome McCristal Culp) and Angela P. Harris Part I: Histories I. THE FIRST DECADE: CRITICAL REFLECTIONS, OR "A FOOT IN THE CLOSING DOOR" 9 Kimberle Williams Crenshaw 2. HISTORICIZING CRITICAL RACE THEORY'S CUTTING EDGE: KEY MOVEMENTS THAT PERFORMED THE THEORY 32 Sumi Cho and Robert Westley 3. KEEPING IT REAL: ON ANTI-"ESSENTIALISM" 71 Catharine A. MacKinnon Part II: Crossroads Section A: Race CRITIQUING "RACE" AND ITS USES: CRITICAL RACE THEORY'S UNCOMPLETED ARGUMENT 87 Robert S. Chang 4. THE POETICS OF COLORLINED SPACE 97 Anthony Paul Farley viii CONTENTS 5. UN-NATURAL THINGS: CONSTRUCTIONS OF RACE, GENDER, AND DISABILIlY 159 Rnbert L. Hayman, Jr., and Nancy Levit 6. RACE AND THE IMMIGRATION LAWS: THE NEED FOR CRITICAL INQUIRY 187 Kevin R Johnson 7. "SIMPLE LOGIC": RACE, THE IDENTIlY DOCUMENTS RULE, AND THE STORY OF A NATION BESIEGED AND BETRAYED 199 Sherene H. Razack 8. STRAIGHT OUT OF THE CLOSET: RACE, GENDER, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION 221 Devon W Carbado Section B: Narrativity CELEBRATING RACIALIZED LEGAL NARRATIVES 243 Margaret E. Montoya 9. THE UNBEARABLE WHITENESS OF BEING 251 Thomas Rnss 10. CONSTRUCTION PROJECT: COLOR ME QUEER + COLOR ME FAMILY = CAMILO'S STORY 258 Victoria Ortiz andJennifer Elrod II. ON BEING HOMELESS: ONE ABORIGINAL WOMAN'S "CONQUEST" OF CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES, 1989-98 274 Patricia Monture-Angus 12. DINNER AND SELF-DETERMINATION 288 Henry ]. Richardson III Section C: Globalization CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN GLOBAL CONTEXT 303 Celina Romany 13. GLOBAL MARKETS, RACIAL SPACES, AND THE ROLE OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN THE STRUGGLE FOR COMMUNIlY CONTROL OF INVESTMENTS: AN INSTITUTIONAL CLASS ANALYSIS 310 Elizabeth M. Iglesias 14. GLOBAL FEMINISM AT THE LOCAL LEVEL: THE CRIMINALIZATION OF FEMALE GENITAL SURGERIES 337 Isabelle R Gunning CONTENTS ix 15. BREAKING CYCLES OF INEQUALITY: CRITICAL THEORY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND FAMILY IN/JUSTICE 345 Berta Esperan~ Herndndez-Truyol 16. CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND POST-COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT 366 Enrique R Carrasco Part III: Directions 17. CRmCAL COALmONS: THEORY AND PRAXIS 379 Julie A. Su and Eric K. Yamamoto 18. BEYOND, AND NOT BEYOND, BLACK AND WHITE: DECONSTRUCTION HAS A POLITICS 393 Mari Matsuda 19. OUTSIDER SCHOLARS, CRITICAL RACE THEORY, AND "OUTCRIT" PERSPECTIVITY: POSTSUBORDINATION VISION AS JURISPRUDENTIAL METHOD 399 Francisco Valdes AFTERWORD: THE HANDMAID'S TRUTH 411 Derrick A. Bell ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS 413 ...