Foreword / Angela Harris -- I. Introduction -- What is critical race theory? -- Early origins -- Relationship to previous movements -- Principal figures -- Spin-off movements -- Basic tenets of critical race theory -- How much racism is there in the world? -- II. Hallmark critical race theory themes -- Interest convergence, material determinism, and racial realism -- Revisionist history -- Critique of liberalism -- Structural determinism -- Tools of thought and the dilemma of law reform -- The empathic fallacy -- Serving two masters -- Race remedies law as a homeostatic device -- III. Legal storytelling and narrative analysis -- Opening a window onto ignored or alternative realities -- Counterstorytelling -- Cure for silencing -- Storytelling in court -- Storytelling on the defensive -- IV. Looking inward -- Intersectionality -- Essentialism and Antiessentialism -- Nationalism versus assimilation -- Racial mixture -- V. Power and the shape of knowledge -- The Black-White binary -- Critical White studies -- Other developments : Latino and Asian critical thought, critical race feminism, LGBT theory -- VI. Critiques and responses to criticism -- "External" criticism -- "Internal" criticism -- The activist critiques -- Critique of the intellectual heart of the movement -- Critical race theory as a method of inquiry in new fields and countries -- VII.Critical race theory today -- Right-wing offensive -- Front-burner issues -- Race, class, welfare, and poverty -- Policing and criminal justice -- Hate speech, language rights, and school curricula -- Affirmative Action and color blindness -- Globalization and immigration -- Voting rights -- Identity -- Critical empirical analysis -- VIII. Conclusion -- The future -- A critical race agenda for the new century -- Likely responses to the critical race theory movement -- Critical race theory becomes the new civil rights orthodoxy -- Critical race theory marginalized and ignored -- Critical race theory analyzed but rejected -- Partial incorporation.