Full Description
This book considers new developments in Critical Race Theory (CRT) in times of austerity and assesses both the impact of British CRT or `BritCrit', and CRT's continuing growth in the US. Following transatlantic impact of the first and only book-length response from a Marxist perspective-Critical Race Theory and Education: A Marxist Response-Cole includes a retrospective critique and development of certain arguments in that volume; an evaluation of the influential `Race Traitor' movement, including observations on the (changing) political perspectives of Ignatiev and Garvey; and reflections on racialized neoliberal capitalism in the era of austerity and immiseration. While acknowledging CRT's strengths, this book stresses the need for (neo-) Marxist analysis to fully understand and challenge racism in the UK and the US and to envision a socialism for the twenty-first century.
Contents
Introduction 1. Critical Race Theory and Educationsummary, critique and retrospective 2. Critical Race Theory, `Race Traitor' and Marxism 3. Transatlantic Theoretical Developments: the Case of `BritCrit' 4. Transatlantic Theoretical Developments: CRT in the USA 5. Racialized Neoliberal Capitalism and Imperialism in the Era of Austerity and Immiseration 6. CRT and Marxist Visions of the Future Conclusion
