Explore how Critical Race Theory reveals that landmark civil rights victories like Brown v. Board happened not from moral progress, but when racial justice aligned with white interests during the Cold War.
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Racial progress only occurs when it also serves white interests. This theory of 'interest convergence' explains why we get incremental progress but never the kind of transformative change that would truly dismantle racial hierarchy.
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Critical Race Theory tenets interest convergence and story telling. How it relates to Affirmative Action and Brown vs Board of education.
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