Critical Race Theory: Re-examining ”Normal”

EPISODE 41 | Critical Race Theory: Re-examining "Normal"

A loose framework for thinking about how America's racist roots permeate many social, legal and political systems has become a flashpoint for the far right. And so a war on ideas has started in the country that holds itself up as the beacon of freedom in the world, led by white, heteronormative cis people, mainly men. 

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SECTIONS

1. 02:15 - What is Critical Race Theory? - Background and some basics
2. 05:44 - Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow - Natural hair as an example of systemic problems, with a detour to tattoos, and the CROWN Act
3. 16:51 - Historical Baggage: The Tignon Law, the Pigtail Ordinance
4. 19:47 - Scanning CRT - 10 main points of CRT, and some criticisms, with a detour to money
5. 29:53 - Tempest in a Teacup - As the US minority population grows, white people react badly, accelerated in 2020 by Chris Rufo, the Trump administration and Fox
6. 42:30 - No more changes - the GOP is becoming a White Power party
7. 43:16 - There's more to talk about

• Music by Fanette Ronjat

More Info:

• Critical Race Theory: An Introduction (3rd Edition) by Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic
• The US will become ‘minority white’ in 2045 from the Brookings Institution 
• A Lesson on Critical Race Theory  from the American Bar Association
• What Is Critical Race Theory, and Why Is It Under Attack? in Education Week
• How Fox News is making a network out of race baiting on CNN Business
• The Conversation Around Critical Race Theory is a Manufactured Danger in the Harvard Political Review
• Is the pushback against 'critical race theory' rooted in misconceptions? in the Holland Sentinel
• Why are states banning critical race theory? from the Brookings Institution
• How The Rise Of White Identity Politics Explains The Fight Over Critical Race Theory in ABC News's FiveThirtyEight
• Critical race theory fears are misguided, school officials say in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise
• My Life is Proof That Critical Race Theory Is More Than a Fox News Talking Point in Esquire
• Schools facing critical race theory battles are diversifying rapidly, analysis finds from NBC News
• The Man Behind Critical Race Theory in The New Yorker
• A Visual History of Iconic Black Hairstyles on History.com
• A Brief History of Black Hair, Politics, and Discrimination from Teen Vogue
• When Black Women Were Required By Law to Cover Their Hair - article on the Tignon Law from Vice
• A definitive timeline of the Black hair journey: 8 historic moments to remember from Stylist Magazine
• Tangled Roots: Decoding the history of Black Hair from CBC Radio
• The Crown We Never Take Off: A History of Black Hair Through the Ages on Byrdie
• The CROWN Act website

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