u ating ▁ra cial ▁power , ▁and ▁encourag ing ▁legal ▁sch ol ars ▁to ▁be ▁partial ▁on ▁the ▁side ▁of ▁ending ▁ra cial ▁sub ord ination . ▁ ▁Crit ics ▁including ▁George ▁Will ▁saw ▁reson ances ▁between ▁critical ▁race ▁theory ' s ▁use ▁of ▁story t elling ▁and ▁ins istence ▁that ▁race ▁pos es ▁challeng es ▁to ▁objective ▁jud g ments ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁and ▁the ▁acqu itt al ▁of ▁O . ▁J . ▁Sim pson . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁Matt ▁de ▁la ▁Pe ña ' s ▁ ▁young ▁adult ▁novel ▁Mexican ▁White Bo y , ▁about ▁a ▁boy ▁who ▁wants ▁to ▁grow ▁up ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁baseball ▁player , ▁was ▁b anned ▁from ▁being ▁taught ▁in ▁class ▁and ▁the ▁Mexican - American ▁studies ▁program ▁in ▁T uc son , ▁Arizona , ▁was ▁dis band ed ▁in ▁part ▁because ▁of ▁their ▁connection ▁to ▁C RT , ▁which ▁was ▁seen ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁viol ation ▁of ▁a ▁recently ▁passed ▁state ▁law ▁that ▁" pro hib its ▁schools ▁from ▁offering ▁courses ▁that ▁' adv oc ate ▁eth nic ▁solid ar ity ▁instead ▁of ▁the ▁treatment ▁of ▁pup ils ▁as ▁individuals ' ." ▁However , ▁this ▁ban ▁was ▁later ▁de emed ▁un const itution al ▁on ▁the ▁grounds ▁that ▁the ▁state ▁showed ▁disc rimin atory ▁intent . ▁ ▁" B oth ▁en act ment ▁and ▁enfor cement ▁were ▁motiv ated ▁by ▁ra cial ▁anim us ," ▁federal ▁Judge ▁A . ▁Wal lace ▁T ash ima ▁said ▁in ▁the ▁r uling .