The Forty-fourth the United States presidential election was and will always be an election to remember. African American Senator Democrat Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States on November 4, 2008; after defeating Republican candidate John McCain. Since that day he has impacted the Critical Race Theory in numerous ways. In a country, where minorities were only represented for ten percent of the senate and house of representative, President Obama election was more than history. He became the voice that African Americans and Hispanics needed, to survive everyday life.
What is the Critical Race Theory?
The Critical Race Theory, also known as CRT is a theory developed in the 1970’s and the 1980’s based on the basic principles …show more content…
Frances Lee Ansley, one of the key founders of the Critical Race Theory explains his beliefs and reasoning in the book Critical White Studies: Looking Behind the Mirror:
By "white supremacy" I do not mean to allude only to the self-conscious racism of white supremacist hate groups. I refer instead to a political, economic and cultural system in which whites overwhelmingly control power and material resources, conscious and unconscious ideas of white superiority and entitlement are widespread, and relations of white dominance and non-white subordination are daily reenacted across a broad array of institutions and social settings. (Ansley 1997: 592)
Ansley explains he does not mean white supremacy as hate groups such as the KKK; he means the power whites have over money, politics and resources compared to the power blacks have. He believes the power they have has been engraved into the system of United States therefore contributing to the downfall and lack of success in the black and other minority communities. …show more content…
Differential racialism is concluded as different minority groups facing racism and oppression at different times, in response to the needs of the labor market. Examples of this would war needs. When Japanese weren’t needed, they were involuntary pushed into concentration camps and forced to endure harsh conditions, while Hispanics were being used to tend to agriculture.
Intersectionality
The final focus is on intersectionality. Intersectionality is defined as no one having an identity thus making everyone equal. Intersectionality makes it so; no part can be studied without each other. Examples would be racism, homophobia, and classism. Intersectionality is extremely important because it kind of groups everyone as one. This can be seen as a positive and negative.
What does this have to do with the election of President Barack Obama?
The question at hand is how does the presidential election of African-American Senator Barack Obama impact the Critical Race Theory. A simple explanation would be he became the first African-American to be appointed as president of the United states, at a time when there were less than 10% of African Americans even in the senate and house of
What is the Critical Race Theory?
The Critical Race Theory, also known as CRT is a theory developed in the 1970’s and the 1980’s based on the basic principles …show more content…
Frances Lee Ansley, one of the key founders of the Critical Race Theory explains his beliefs and reasoning in the book Critical White Studies: Looking Behind the Mirror:
By "white supremacy" I do not mean to allude only to the self-conscious racism of white supremacist hate groups. I refer instead to a political, economic and cultural system in which whites overwhelmingly control power and material resources, conscious and unconscious ideas of white superiority and entitlement are widespread, and relations of white dominance and non-white subordination are daily reenacted across a broad array of institutions and social settings. (Ansley 1997: 592)
Ansley explains he does not mean white supremacy as hate groups such as the KKK; he means the power whites have over money, politics and resources compared to the power blacks have. He believes the power they have has been engraved into the system of United States therefore contributing to the downfall and lack of success in the black and other minority communities. …show more content…
Differential racialism is concluded as different minority groups facing racism and oppression at different times, in response to the needs of the labor market. Examples of this would war needs. When Japanese weren’t needed, they were involuntary pushed into concentration camps and forced to endure harsh conditions, while Hispanics were being used to tend to agriculture.
Intersectionality
The final focus is on intersectionality. Intersectionality is defined as no one having an identity thus making everyone equal. Intersectionality makes it so; no part can be studied without each other. Examples would be racism, homophobia, and classism. Intersectionality is extremely important because it kind of groups everyone as one. This can be seen as a positive and negative.
What does this have to do with the election of President Barack Obama?
The question at hand is how does the presidential election of African-American Senator Barack Obama impact the Critical Race Theory. A simple explanation would be he became the first African-American to be appointed as president of the United states, at a time when there were less than 10% of African Americans even in the senate and house of