Critical race theory Flashcards
What does CRT examine?
society and culture and its relationship between race, law and power
How did CRT develop?
From critical legal studies (CLS) which was an instrument in the civil rights movements
The purpose was to diminish black codes (laws that restrict the freedom of black americans)
-CLS and CRT separated as CRT went into a larger analytical field to examine other aspects of social lifes such as education and media
What is CRT?
A critical theory
Mixture of neo-marxism and SA theory’s
Who popularised the notion of critical race theory?
Kimberle Crenshaw
Derrick Bell
What are the key ideas of CRT?
-Racial inequality emerges from social, economic and legal differences that white people have created to maintain elite white interest in labour markets and politics
-Gives rise to poverty and criminality in many minority communities’
-Seeks political change so its politically motivated
Who are the windrush generation?
The caribbean that served in the british armed forces due to being in british armed forces after ww2 that moved to the UK due to being promised jobs and just want to see Britain
How did the windrush generation get to Britan?
On the 22nd of June 500 carribeans immigrated across the atlantic on the ‘Empire Windrush’ to the tilbury docks in Esseks
What happened when the windrush generation arrived?
-Not friendly, experienced racism and was made difficult to find houses, jobs and friends
-Children bullied at school
-Caused many racial riots
-Were told they were illegal immigrants even though this was wrong
The methodology’s of critical race theorys?
-Relies on lived experiences of ethnic minorities’, so they used narratives and storytelling as analysis to gain verstehen
-This methodology is empowering so being able to listen to the voices of the marginalised is crucial as it provides an alternative perspectives to the white ethnocentric views
What does walker say about the methodology?
Important to understand the other perspective
This is called the positionallity perspective
Crime and deviance- what does Hall et al 1979 say?
The mass media created a false ideology of a ‘BLACK MUGGER’
Black young men in the 1970s typically represent criminals as muggers
This lead to MORAL PANIC creating a sense of social authority so police would deliberately target black men
Crime and deviance- what does Gilroy 1982 say?
BLACK CRIMINALITY is a myth created by racial stereotypes
therefore, police and CJS action racial stereotype
Criminalising ethnic minority’s and this is why they are over reported in crime statistics
Crime and deviance- what does Waddington 1999 say?
Contends that police develop racial stereotypes via the ‘POLICE CANTEEN SUBCULTURES’
meaning police officers share and create a racist ideology
Education- Sewell 1998?
Examined different strategies that black boys use to cope with racism
One of sewells conclusion was that teachers hold a stereotypes of black pupils as rebels and antiauthority
Education- Bourne and Foster?
Black boys often get seen as threats and as such labelling negativity leading to more exclusions
Also are more likely to be placed in lower sets and streams
