An Interest-Convergence Explanation of the 2020-2022 Conservative Attack on Critical Race Theory: A Comment on Kyle Campbell's Legally Black: Material Constructions of Race in the Atlantic World

Authors

Richard Delgado, Seattle University
Jean Stefancic, Seattle University

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Scholars such as Derrick Bell and Kyle Campbell have applied materialist tools such as interest convergence in an effort to understand past events such as Brown v. Board of Education or the career of slavery in the Caribbean. Can materialistanalysisalso explain recent events such as the conservative right's 2020-2022 attack on Critical Race Theory? This article suggests that it can and that recent events, such as the pandemic, Trump's electoral defeat, and school closures set the stage for the surprising attack.

Recommended Citation

Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, An Interest-Convergence Explanation of the 2020-2022 Conservative Attack on Critical Race Theory: A Comment on Kyle Campbell's Legally Black: Material Constructions of Race in the Atlantic World, 22 J.L. Soc'y 287 (2022).
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