Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-161) and index.

Introduction: Why critical race theory matters -- The social construction of race -- Structural racism -- Colorblind racism -- Racial progress -- Interest convergence -- Whiteness as property -- Counternarratives -- Racialized organizations -- Intersectionality -- Identity politics.

From renowned scholar Dr. Victor Ray, On Critical Race Theory seeks to explain the centrality of race in American history and politics, and how the often mischaracterized intellectual movement became a political necessity. Dr. Ray draws upon the radical thinking of giants such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ida B. Wells, and W.E.B. Du Bois to clearly trace the foundations of Critical Race Theory in the Black intellectual traditions of emancipation and the civil rights movement. From this foundation, Dr. Ray explores the many facets that CRT interrogates, from deeply embedded structural racism to the historical connection between Whiteness and property, ownership, and more.