Critical Race Theory & 40 Acres and a Mule

The critical race theory, interestingly enough, is centered around the idea that white supremacy governs laws and rules that make up our society. In the article, it also had a subsection that looked at how different racial categories. "Mulattoes" are those of mixed Black and White racial identity. "Named fractions", the racial identity of said person is broken down into to fractions to be better categorize them, and "majoritarian", those who are majority of Black or White,  were the other additional categories.

 Another topic of discussion within the article was the idea that all of this racial discourse meant that it all had an impact on their social standing in society. In an effort to combat white supremacy, topics such as voting rights, affirmative action (having people of color have a better chance at entering university based on a number of different categories), among a number of other different alternatives.

All of these methodologies help fight back against the establishment and ultimately racism. Racism is argued, in the article, as being misplaced prejudices against people of color.

In the other article referring to the truth behind 40 acres and a mule, the promise made to former agricultural Black slaves in the south that they would would receive reparations in the form of land. This was a radical idea but was sadly not the reality. It was an empty promise that like many promises made by the government, did not live up to its word.