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13 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 685 (1987)
Critical Legal Studies Movement and Racism: Useful Analytics and Guides for Social Action or an Irrelevant Modern Legal Scepticism and Solipsism, The

handle is hein.journals/wmitch13 and id is 695 raw text is: THE CRITICAL LEGAL STUDIES MOVEMENT AND RACISM: USEFUL ANALYTICS AND GUIDES FOR SOCIAL ACTION OR AN IRRELEVANT MODERN LEGAL SCEPTICISM AND SOLIPSISM? Andrew W. Hainest First Prologue .......................................... 685 Introduction ............................................ 690 A. Why Should the Legal Community Examine the CLSM ? ........................................ 690 B. The Nature of the Critique of the CLSM ........... 695 Second Prologue ....................................... 699 I. The CLSM and its Responses to Racism ........... 699 A. The CLSM-How Does One Define It? ............ 699 B. The CLSM Responses to Racism .................. 704 T hird Prologue ......................................... 711 II. Racism in America ................................ 711 Fourth Prologue ........................................ 716 III. The Critique of the CLSM's Responses to Racism in A m erica ........................................ 717 E pilogue ................................................ 733 C onclusion ............................................. 734 FIRST PROLOGUE Once upon a time, there was a society of priests who built a Celestial City whose gates were secured by word-combina- tion locks. The priests were masters of the Word and, within the city, ascending levels of power and treasure be- came accessible to those who could learn ascendingly intri- cate levels of Word magic. At the very top level, the priests became gods; and because then they had nothing left to seek, they engaged in games with which to pass the long t Professor of Law, William Mitchell College of Law, B.A., 1966, University of Minnesota; J.D., 1969, University of Michigan; Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellow, 1969-71. I wish to gratefully acknowledge the assistance of my colleague Russ Pannier. His graciousness in identifying resources and in serving as a sounding board helped me in shaping this article. I would also like to acknowledge the thoughtful assistance of Kevin Staunton, Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review and Michael A. Koziol, Editor.

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