In this collection of essays, the authors examine how racial considerations have affected the way social science is conducted; how issues are framed, and data is analyzed. With an assemblage of leading scholars, White Logic, White Methods explores the possibilities and necessary dethroning of current social research practices, and demands a complete overhaul of current methods, towards multicultural and pluralist approach to what we know, think, and question.

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Citation: Zuberi, T., & Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. (2008). White logic, white methods : Racism and methodology. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield.

(2018). QuantCrit: education, policy, ‘Big Data’ and principles for a critical race theory of statistics. Race Ethnicity and Education: Vol. 21, QuantCrit: Rectifying Quantitative Methods Through Critical Race Theory, pp. 158-179. The first part of the paper presents a conceptual critique of the field with empirical examples that expose and challenge hidden assumptions that frequently encode racist perspectives beneath the façade of supposed quantitative objectivity. The second part of the paper draws on the tenets of Critical Race Theory (CRT) to set out some principles to guide the future use and analysis of quantitative data.

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Citation: Gillborn, D., Warmington, P., & Demack, S. (2018). QuantCrit: Education, Policy, “Big Data” and Principles for a Critical Race Theory of Statistics. Race, Ethnicity and Education, 21(2), 158–179. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2017.1377417

The roots of CRT come from critical legal studies (CLS). This line of work acknowledged that attention to race was missing in legal scholarship, including the intersection of race with gender in discrimination law and the role of White supremacy and structural racism in legal progress (Crenshaw, 1996; Delgado & Stefancic, 1993). CRT is a method of legal analysis wherein implementation of the law is a tool to subordinate racial groups (Brown, 2003; Crenshaw, 1996).

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Citation: Sablan, J. (2019). Can You Really Measure That? Combining Critical Race Theory and Quantitative Methods. American Educational Research Journal, 56(1), 178-203.

This special issue emerged as the byproduct of a panel entitled, ‘Advancing Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Critical Race Studies Methodologies and Methods,’ at the Spring 2015 Critical Race Studies in Education Association Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. www.tandfonline.com

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Citation: Nichole M. Garcia, Nancy López & Verónica N. Vélez (2018) QuantCrit: rectifying quantitative methods through critical race theory, Race Ethnicity and Education, 21:2, 149-157, DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2017.1377675

“In Inheriting Possibility, Ezekiel J. Dixon-Román establishes himself as a social philosopher, methodologist, and policy analyst. In short, he provides the two ingredients on which intellectuals since Marx have relied: theory and method. As a theorist, few scholars match his ability to deconstruct the false binary between nature and culture. (Amazon review) Watch a 2018 ED Talk from Dr. Dixon-Roman here: English – ED Talk: Ezekiel Dixon-Román | Amara

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Citation: Dixon-Román, E. (2017). Inheriting possibility : Social reproduction and quantification in education. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

“A call to action and, Zuberi hopes, a precursor to a conversation about the real meaning of race, ethnicity, and political power in America.” “Tukufu Zuberi’s critical assessment of the analysis of racial data in Thicker Than Blood is a tour de force. (Amazon review)

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Citation: Zuberi, T. (2001). Thicker than blood : How racial statistics lie. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

This collection of original work demonstrates the new ways in which particular research methodologies are used, valued and critiqued in the field of race and ethnic studies. (Amazon summary)

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Citation: Stanfield, J. (2011). Rethinking race and ethnicity in research methods. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.