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65 S. Cal. L. Rev. 2361 (1991-1992)
A Double Challenge for Critical Race Scholars: The Moral Context

handle is hein.journals/scal65 and id is 2379 raw text is: COMMENT A DOUBLE CHALLENGE FOR CRITICAL RACE SCHOLARS: THE MORAL CONTEXT VERONICA GENTILLI* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ...................................... 2362 II. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ABOUT CRITICAL RACE THEORY ....................................... 2362 III. OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY ................. 2366 IV. EPISTEMOLOGY AND METAPHYSICS .............. 2367 V. CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND THE OBJECTIVITY OF CONCEPTS ........................ 2370 VI. SHOULD CONCEPTS BE RECONSTRUCTED AT A LL? ................................................... 2371 VII. NORMATIVE ETHICS ................................ 2374 VIII. OBJECTIVITY IN A NONIDEAL WORLD ............ 2377 IX. INTERNAL CONFLICTS .............................. 2379 X. CONCLUSION ......................................... 2380 * Thank you to all those who have read drafts of this comment or discussed its contents with me: Scott Altman, Donna Andrews, the Hon. Ferdinand Fernandez, Mark Fabiani, Giovanna Gen- tilli, Conrad Harper, Deborah Hensler, Barbara Herman, Angela Johnson, Robyn Manos, the Hon. Dorothy Nelson, Michael O'Sullivan, Donna Prokop, the Hon. Stephen Reinhardt, Harvey Rochman, Lee Seltman, Mira Shellin, Nomi Stolzenberg, and all the students in the race discrimina- tion course without whom I could not have seen. I am very grateful to Elizabeth Newman for her help in writing this essay and for being a wonderful traveling companion in the journey that Prof. Lawrence started us on. Thanks also to Prof. Michael Shapiro for the many hours he spent discuss- ing this topic with me and for his insight. My gratitude to Prof. Charles Lawrence, III, Prof. Judith Resnik, and Prof. Warren Quinn; I will always carry with me their wisdom and my love for them. 2361

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