Thinking with Critical Race Theory

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.Thinking with Critical Race Theory: An Invitation is a sharp, needed intervention in critical race scholarship. At a time when Critical Race Theory (CRT) is widely referenced in scholarship and misrepresented in popular media, Antar A. Tichavakunda provides a clear, intellectual guide for scholars seeking to engage CRT with rigor, depth, and fidelity to its origins. Anchored in CRT’s legal foundation, Tichavakunda weaves together personal narrative, CRT scholarship across disciplines, and lessons from other critical theories to demonstrate how to meaningfully theorize with CRT and carry on its intellectual tradition. This book demonstrates the importance of deep study and theorizing with intellectual care, reminding us that CRT is more than tenets, more than citations, more than its critiques, and more than any one text.