Critical race theory rejects the view that indeterminate legal rights are unimportant

Evidence

As part of CRT, CRF extends beyond the intellectual borders of CLS. CRT constitutes a race intervention in leftist discourse and a leftist intervention in race discourse. In illuminating the racist nature of the American legal system, CRT adherents are particularly interested in legal manifestations of white supremacy and the perpetuation of the subordination of people of color. While critical race theorists are concerned with class issues, since the majority of people of color are impoverished, we realize that poor communities of color have never been treated identically to the white underclass. Although CRT endorses the CLS notion that legal rights are indeterminate, we vehemently disagree that rights are therefore not important (Williams, 1987). Indeed the struggle to attain human rights remains critical for American minorities who have never had the luxury of taking such rights for granted. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1152

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the known tension between legal indeterminacy critiques and rights-based advocacy, echoing debates in CLS literature across the corpus.