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Critical Race Theory and Education: A Marxist Response— Summary, Critique and Retrospective

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As noted in the chapter 1 to this volume, the main purpose of this chapter is to look again at the central arguments in my book Critical Race Theory and Education: A Marxist Response (Cole 2009a, 2nd edition, 2016a). However, the chapter is more than a précis of the analyses in that book in that I critique some of the book’s content and also provide some additional explanations, as well as look back seven years since its first edition to highlight specific moments of change and theoretical development, or lack of such development. So while it is of course my hope that this chapter is of sufficient interest for people to seek out a copy of Cole (Critical Race Theory and Education: A Marxist Response (2nd ed.), 2016a), the chapter is free-standing, and can be read without cross-reference to it. In Cole (Critical Race Theory and Education: A Marxist Response (2nd ed.), 2016a), I deal with Critical Race Theory (CRT) per se as well as CRT and education.

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Cole, M. (2017). Critical Race Theory and Education: A Marxist Response— Summary, Critique and Retrospective. In: New Developments in Critical Race Theory and Education. Marxism and Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53540-5_2

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