▁finds ▁the ▁exper ient ial ▁knowledge ▁of ▁people ▁of ▁color ▁and ▁draw s ▁explicitly ▁from ▁these ▁lived ▁experiences ▁as ▁data . ▁The ▁C RT ▁presents ▁research ▁find ings ▁through ▁story t elling , ▁chron icles , ▁scenarios , ▁narr atives , ▁and ▁par ables . ▁ ▁App lications ▁ ▁Sch ol ars ▁in ▁critical ▁race ▁theory ▁have ▁focused ▁with ▁some ▁particular ity ▁on ▁the ▁issues ▁of ▁hate ▁crime ▁and ▁hate ▁speech . ▁ ▁In ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁US ▁Supreme ▁Court ' s ▁opinion ▁in ▁the ▁hate ▁speech ▁case ▁of ▁R . ▁A . ▁V . ▁v . ▁City ▁of ▁St . ▁Paul ▁( 1 9 9 2 ), ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁Court ▁struck ▁down ▁an ▁anti - b ias ▁ordin ance ▁as ▁applied ▁to ▁a ▁te en ager ▁who ▁had ▁burn ed ▁a ▁cross , ▁Mari ▁M ats uda ▁and ▁Charles ▁Lawrence ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁Court ▁had ▁paid ▁ins u fficient ▁attention ▁to ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁rac ist ▁speech ▁and ▁the ▁actual ▁injury ▁produced ▁by ▁such ▁speech . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁race ▁the or ists ▁have ▁also ▁paid ▁particular ▁attention ▁to ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁aff irm ative ▁action . ▁ ▁Sch ol ars ▁have ▁argued ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁aff irm ative ▁action ▁on ▁the ▁argument ▁that ▁so - called ▁mer it ▁standards ▁for ▁h iring ▁and ▁educational ▁adm issions ▁are ▁not ▁race - neut ral ▁for ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁reasons , ▁and ▁that ▁such ▁standards ▁are ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁r het or ic ▁of ▁neutral ity ▁through ▁which ▁whites ▁justify ▁their ▁dis pro