LatCrit

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LatCrit is a branch of critical legal scholarship that centers the experiences, histories, and legal struggles of Latina/o communities to analyze and challenge structures of racism, power, and subordination.

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LatCrit canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic framework ⓘ
critical legal theory ⓘ
legal scholarship movement ⓘ
abbreviationOf Latina and Latino Critical Legal Theory ⓘ
aimsTo advance material conditions of Latina/o communities ⓘ
center Latina/o experiences in legal analysis ⓘ
challenge racial hierarchy in law ⓘ
reform legal institutions ⓘ
analyzes structures of power ⓘ
structures of racism ⓘ
structures of subordination ⓘ
critiques Eurocentrism in legal doctrine ⓘ
assimilationist legal norms ⓘ
colorblindness in law ⓘ
formal equality ⓘ
emergedFrom critical race theory ⓘ
emphasizes coalitional politics ⓘ
contextualized legal analysis ⓘ
group-based subordination ⓘ
historical context ⓘ
praxis ⓘ
field critical race theory ⓘ
law ⓘ
legal studies ⓘ
focusesOn Chicana/o communities ⓘ
Latina/o communities ⓘ
Latinx communities ⓘ
anti-discrimination law ⓘ
citizenship ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ
community empowerment ⓘ
diaspora ⓘ
education law ⓘ
identity politics ⓘ
immigration law ⓘ
intersectionality ⓘ
language discrimination ⓘ
language rights ⓘ
nativism ⓘ
power relations ⓘ
racialization ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
structural racism ⓘ
subordination ⓘ
transnationalism ⓘ
fullName Latina and Latino Critical Legal Theory ⓘ
methodology comparative analysis ⓘ
interdisciplinary research ⓘ
narrative analysis ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
testimonio ⓘ
normativeGoal anti-essentialism ⓘ
anti-subordination ⓘ
coalition-building ⓘ
transformative justice ⓘ
relatedTo Asian American legal scholarship ⓘ
QueerCrit ⓘ
linked to: queer theory

critical race feminism ⓘ
outsider jurisprudence ⓘ
theorizes law as a tool of both oppression and liberation ⓘ

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Critical race theory → influenced → LatCrit ⓘ
subject linked to: critical race theory
AsianCrit → relatedTo → LatCrit ⓘ