The federal district court of Rhode Island is slated to host a panel on critical race theory as a “resource” to “transform” the judiciary, the latest sign that a once-obscure legal theory has become mainstream among judges and lawyers.
The panel, “Critical Race Theory: What It Is And What It Is Not,” will take place in October during the court’s 2022 conference, “Racial and Social Justice in the Federal Courts.” Featuring three law professors, the session will “help us understand and transform the relationship between race and power through our work as attorneys and judges,” according to the conference agenda.
There do not appear to be any dissenting voices on the panel. All three scholars—Devon W. Carbado of UCLA School of Law, Osamudia James of UNC School of Law, and Angela Onwuachi-Willig, the dean of Boston University School of Law—are outspoken proponents of critical race theory, which claims, among other things, that ostensibly neutral laws perpetuate white supremacy.
The panel demonstrates how a fringe critique of the American justice system has become conventional wisdom for many within it.
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