Its opponents call it part of ""the lunatic fringe,"" a justification for ""black separateness,"" ""the most embarrassing trend in American publishing."" ""It"" is Critical Race Theory.But what is Critical Race Theory? How did it develop? Where does it stand now? Where should it go in the future? In this volume, thirty-one CRT scholars present their views on the ideas and methods of CRT, its role in academia and in the culture at large, and its past, present, and future.Critical race theorists assert that both the procedures and the substance of American law are structured