A
hybrid scholarly/activist approach that seeks to read ‘systemic
racism’ into every racial disparity (specifically, those where
Black people are at a disadvantage), along with advocacy of policies to redistribute income, wealth, legal
rights & privileges, and political power. These are intended to equalize outcomes for Blacks and Whites in relation to those selected disparities.
The main ‘method of inquiry’ employed in CRT is its creative use of language, selective examples, and the redefinition of familiar terms that you thought were well-settled. These serve to catastrophize racial disparities, close down lines of inquiry that may lead to non-racialized explanations, and hence to convey a strong moral compulsion to accept CRT’s redistributive policies.