It has been reported that Malcolm X once said that if you have no critics, you'll likely have no success. If indeed having critics is the key to success, then critical race theorists have every reason to be wildly optimistic.
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"Twenty Years of Critical Race Theory: Looking Back to Move Forward," Connecticut Law Review (2010), Volume 43, 1253-1352, as quoted by Victor Ray, On Critical Race Theory: Why It Matters and Why You Should Care (New York: Random House, 2022), p. ix