Critical Race Theory and Classical-Liberal Civil Rights Scholarship: A Distinction without a Difference?

Critical Race Theory: New Strategies for Civil Rights in the New Millennium?

The development of critical race theory points to a new direction taken by civil rights activists in the wake of civil rights setbacks in the 1970s and 1980s when ofacial government policy no longer supported an expansive civil rights agenda. The United States Supreme Court began limiting and eviscerating precedents that once promised full equality for African Americans under the law. Critical ...

Introduction: race critical public scholarship

In a climate marked by expanding scholarship in ethnic and racial studies alongside sweeping changes in universities and the conditions of academic work, we seek to explore the nature of and challenges for critically engaged research, teaching and scholarship on race and racism. In particular, we look at the connection between academic scholarship and political engagement and activity that we a...

Critical Race Theory and Education: Mapping a Legacy of Activism and Scholarship

Paralytic Versus "Non-Paralytic" Polio: A Distinction without a Difference?

Non-paralytic polio (NPP) is commonly thought to be synonymous with "abortive polio," in which the poliovirus neither entered the CNS nor damaged neurons. Described are two epidemic illness -"The Summer Grippe" and Iceland disease -apparently caused by a low virulence but neuropathic type 2 poliovirus, studies showing that neuronal lesions in the brain and spinal cord and muscle weakness were c...

Symbolic versus Blind Patriotism Distinction without Difference?

tism is an important concept in political science affecting myriad issues central to the study of politics. Patriotism, for instance, informs the political norms of the public insofar as it impacts civil liberties judgments and attitudes toward political and social tolerance (Davis 2007; Huddy and Khatib 2007; McClosky and Brill 1983; Sidanius and Pratto 1999). Patriotic appeals have also prove...