Critical race theory (CRT), the view that the law and legal institutions are inherently racist and that race itself, instead of being biologically grounded and natural, is a socially constructed concept that is used by white people to further their economic and political interests at the expense of people of colour. According to critical race theory (CRT), racial inequality emerges from the social, economic, and legal differences that white people create between “races” to maintain elite white interests in labour markets and politics, giving rise to poverty and criminality in many minority communities. The CRT movement officially organized itself in 1989, at the first annual Workshop on Critical Race Theory, though its intellectual origins go back much further, to the 1960s and ’70s.
"Critical Race Theory and Education: History, Theory, and Implications" - William F. Tate, Review of Research in Education
"Critical Race Theory and Development" - Enrique R. Carrasco, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (American Society of International Law)
"A Primer on Critical Race Theory" - Edward Taylor, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
"Critical Race Theory: A Comparative Approach" - Donna E. Young, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (American Society of International Law)
"Critical Race Theory: A Transformative Model For Teaching Diversity" - Larry Ortiz & Jayshree Jani, Journal of Social Work Education
"Critical Race Theory: An Annotated Bibliography" - Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic, Virginia Law Review