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1 Bryana Cerrito Soc 323 Roberto Fernández Morales October 4, 2023 Is Race Still Relevant? Race has mattered in so many different places and times, but why does it still matter? Perhaps we tend to think of races as essentially different just because we want to excuse or to justify the domination of one race by another. Superficial differences between races do exist in nature, and these are readily recognized. The naturalist agrees at once that the distinctions are less in the nature of things than they once were, thanks to interbreeding among people whose ancestors have come from geographically distinct blocks. Racial distinctions are particularly blurred where one population has been translated by force to live during another population and yet has not been assimilated slaves taken from West Africa and planted in the Southern United States, for example. The naturalist notes that traditional racial distinctions are less and less viable the more children are born to parents whose geographical origins are very different (Hacking, 2005). In September 2020, President Trump issued an executive order excluding from federal contracts any diversity and inclusion training interpreted as containing “Divisive Concepts,” “Race or Sex Stereotyping,” and “Race or Sex Scapegoating.” Among the content considered “divisive” is Critical Race Theory (CRT). In response, the African American Policy Forum, led by legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw, launched the #TruthBeTold campaign to expose the harm that the order poses. Reports indicate that over 300 diversity and inclusion trainings have been

2 canceled because of the order. And over 120 civil rights organizations and allies signed a letter condemning the executive order (George, 2021). While recognizing the evolving and malleable nature of CRT, scholar Khiara Bridges outlines a few key tenets of CRT, including: (1) recognizing race is not biologically real but is socially constructed and socially significant; (2) acknowledges that racism is a normal feature of society and is embedded within systems and institutions, like the legal system, that replicate racial inequality; (3) rejection of popular understanding about racism, such as arguments that confine racism to be a few “bad apples;” (4) recognition of the relevance of people’s everyday lives, which includes embracing the lived experiences of people of color (George, 2021). It requires the abandonment of a deficit approach that perceives those impacted by unjust laws and policies as deficient, defective, or helpless. Instead, we ought to recognize that these individuals have stories, histories, and knowledge that are worth acknowledging, learning about, and centering. Particularly in devising legal and policy interventions to address racial inequality, CRT calls for considering unintended consequences of proposed remedies, addressing intersecting policies and structures, and acting intentionally to ensure that harm is not further replicated by the legal system. Most of all, CRT demands challenging the status quo of racial inequality that has persisted for far too long in this nation and exploring how the law and lawyers can help to finally upend it (George, 2021).

3 References George, J. (2021, January 12). A Lesson on Critical Race Theory . American Bar Association. https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/ civil-rights-reimagining-policing/a-lesson-on-critical-race-theory/ Hacking, I. (2005). Why race still matters . American Academy of Arts & Sciences. https://www.amacad.org/publication/why-race-still-matters

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