Critical Race Theory and the Search for Truth

Rodney D. Coates is Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at Miami University. He is a public sociologist engaged in critical race, social justice, social movements, social policy, and practice.

“For years, Rodney D. Coates has been a go-to public scholar whose interdisciplinary and encyclopedic knowledge has helped people around the nation understand a critical counter narrative to racialized stories of ‘western civilization’s’ triumph and what Du Bois called ‘history as propaganda.’ This book demonstrates Coates’s coherent take on what Critical Race Theory is, why it’s such an important intellectual tool, and how its success has placed it in the crosshairs of white nationalists and their political operatives. This book is a must-read for anyone hoping to stave off fascism and build a true multicultural democracy.” Corey Dolgon, Stonehill College

• 1.Introduction: Critical Race Theory2.In Search of the Truth3.The Bipolar Construction of Identity: Racial Imperialism, African Agency, and Reactions of the Presumed Other4.Black Agency, Racial Imperialism, and the Creation of a Racial State: The Case of Haiti5.The Africans and the Making of the Americas6.Unsung Warriors: Black Women7.The New John Henry, Stereotypes, and Authentic Black Masculinity8.Conclusion: Songs of Freedom