Critical race theory Flashcards
Origins of CRT?
- examines society and culture and its relationship between race, law and power
- CLS, diminish black codes (restrictive laws)
- CRT separated from CLS to examine other aspects of social life such as Education and Media
Who popularised the notion of CRT?
Crenshaw and Bell
What does CLS stand for?
Critical Legal Studies
What are the key ideas of CRT?
- racial inequality emerges from social, economic and legal differences
- maintain white, elite interests
- gives rise in poverty and criminality in minority communities
- seek political change = POLITICALLY MOTIVATED
Mass immigration and the Windrush Generation?
- Britain recovering from WW2
- 500 immigrants from the Caribbean travelled for job opportunities
- racial attacks, riots
- told they lived their illegally
CRT and Mthodology
- lived experiences of non-white people
- narrative + storytelling as a method of analysis
- empowering, different voices are heard
- alternative perspective to normative ‘white ethnocentric views’
WALKER- positionality perspective
Application to crime n deviance
HALL ET AL
- mass media creates false ideology of the ‘black mugger’
- led to moral panics
- police would deliberately target black people
- caused racism BM didn’t exist
Application to crime n deviance
GILROY
- ‘black criminality’ is a myth created by stereotypes
- police and CJS act on stereotypes
- criminalise ethnic minorities
- over-represented in crime statistics
Application to crime n deviance
WADDINGTON
- ‘police canteen subculture’
- share and create racist ideologies
- develop racial stereotypes
Applications to education
SEWELL- Black Machismo
TROYNA N WILLIAMS- ethnocentric curriculum
WRIGHT- Asian names mispronounced and given labels
MIRZA- ‘cooled down’ black pupils careers
What are 6 consequences of racial inequality?
1- socially excluded
2- marginalised
3- less employment and education opportunities
4- material deprivation
5- relative deprivation
6- status fustration
What is a negative of CRT?
X can fall into the trap of essentialism
X assumes all non-white people share the same experiences
X sharing similar narratives is unrealistic
What is a positive of CRT?
Provides a deeper and more personal analysis of the experiences and views of black people which have been historically ignored
What is another positive of CRT?
Movements that have adapted CRT have been successful politically and increased the profile and extent of racism. BLM has shot prominence and created some social change.
