Toward a Critical Race Theory of Education
Abstract
This article asserts that despite the salience of race in U.S. society, as a topic of scholarly inquiry, it remains untheorized. The article argues for a critical race theoretical perspective in education analogous to that of critical race theory in legal scholarship by developing three propositions: (1) race continues to be significant in the United States; (2) U.S. society is based on property rights rather than human rights; and (3) the intersection of race and property creates an analytical tool for understanding inequity. The article concludes with a look at the limitations of the current multicultural paradigm.
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- Authors
- Ladson-Billings, G., & Tate, W. F.
- Affiliations
- University of Wisconsin System (US)
- Venue
- Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1995-10
- Volume
- 97
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 47-68
- ISSN
- 0040-0475 (ISSN-L)
- 0161-4681
- 1467-9620
- OpenAlex
- W4210990419
- Cited by
- 3,881
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 27.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Critical Race Theory in Education
- Social Sciences › Education › Critical and Liberation Pedagogy
- Social Sciences › Education › Education Discipline and Inequality
- Keywords
- critical race theory, race and education, property rights, human rights, educational inequity, multicultural education, race relations in the United States
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