Race and ethnicity entered the core of social science only after the 1980s.

Evidence

These developments, among others, show why it is impossible in the present political and social climate to ignore the impact of race and ethnicity on the social and political institutions of those states drawn into the global sphere of modernity’s influence. As late as the 1980s it was still relatively common to treat questions about racism, ethnicity, and nationalism as relatively marginal to the agenda of social scientists and policy makers. By contrast, it is hardly an exaggeration now to say that these issues have invaded the core of public debate. It is therefore imperative to develop an historically based view of the role played by racially fashioned social relations and implications in contemporary societies. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 110

Categorization

• QUESTION: Historiographic claim worth checking against the vault’s own timeline for when CRT and race studies gained disciplinary legitimacy.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 110