Theoretical Framework The concept of race-based critical theory stems from the broader idea of critical theory. Critical theory is unlike other sociological theories because it incorporates direct evaluation of society based upon a holistic awareness of the fault of the society in question. The basis of this theory is a concept of moral goodness and fixing …show more content…
Sociologists have divided this theory into four defining factors. First, how race is a defining feature of modern society. Second, how current structure of race is unjust and unequal. Third, how differences in race and inequalities are constructed from social relationships. Lastly, how culture and social interacts continue the racial divided system. Previous theories that have attempted to analyze current social arrangements have been detrimentally color-bind. Color blind theories ignore the facts of inequality while race-based critical theory brilliantly uses it to understand systematic relations of