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Charles W. MillsThe Racial Contract
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
Critical Race Theory (CRT) has been a topic of controversy regarding its integration into public school curricula. Explain how The Racial Contract is an example of CRT and how it makes the case for CRT becoming a part of the dominant discourse in higher education. Does Mills’s argument suggest that CRT should be a part of public school education? Why or why not?
Explain how the Racial Contract transforms the key terms and principles of the social contract.
Discuss the relationship between The Epistemology of Ignorance and The View from the Bottom and what the relationship indicates about the way that one’s embodiment influences one’s perception of social reality.
