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In a key work of Critical Race Theory, Derrick Bell hypothesized how the American legal system would react to material reparations for slavery. His prediction: find reasons it is unconstitutional and obstruct it. nytimes.com/live/2021/06/24/us/joe-biden-news/a-federal-judge-appointed-by-bush-halts-loan-forgiveness-payments-to-minority-farmers
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One of the reasons CRT was controversial in legal studies was such uses of hypothetical story telling to analyze future dynamics. That's looking pretty smart right now.
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Derrick Bell's speculative fiction was called "The Chronicle of the Black Reparations Foundation." It appeared in And We Are Not Saved: The Elusive Quest for Racial Justice.

