▁contrast ▁to ▁liberal ism ' s ▁reli ance ▁on ▁rights - based ▁rem ed ies . ▁ ▁Story t elling / counter story t elling ▁and ▁" nam ing ▁one ' s ▁own ▁reality " — using ▁narr ative ▁to ▁ill uminate ▁and ▁explore ▁experiences ▁of ▁ra cial ▁opp ression . ▁Bry an ▁B ray boy ▁has ▁emphas ized ▁the ▁ep ist em ic ▁importance ▁of ▁story t elling ▁in ▁Ind igen ous ▁American ▁communities ▁as ▁su pers eding ▁that ▁of ▁theory , ▁and ▁has ▁proposed ▁a ▁Trib al ▁Crit ical ▁Race ▁Theory ▁( T rib C rit ). ▁ ▁Re vision ist ▁interpret ations ▁of ▁American ▁civil ▁rights ▁law ▁and ▁progress — crit ic izing ▁civil ▁rights ▁scholar ship ▁and ▁anti - dis c rim ination ▁law . ▁ ▁An ▁example ▁is ▁Brown ▁v . ▁Board ▁of ▁Education . ▁Der rick ▁Bell , ▁one ▁of ▁C RT ' s ▁found ers , ▁argued ▁that ▁civil ▁rights ▁adv ances ▁for ▁black s ▁coinc ided ▁with ▁the ▁self - inter est ▁of ▁white ▁el it ists . ▁ ▁Mary ▁L . ▁D ud zia k ▁performed ▁extensive ▁arch ival ▁research ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁Department ▁of ▁State ▁and ▁US ▁Department ▁of ▁Justice , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁correspond ence ▁by ▁US ▁amb ass adors ▁abroad . ▁ ▁She ▁found ▁that ▁passing ▁of ▁the ▁laws ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁was ▁not ▁because ▁people ▁of ▁color ▁were ▁disc rimin ated ▁against , ▁rather ▁it ▁was ▁to ▁improve ▁the ▁image ▁of ▁the ▁US ▁to ▁Third ▁World ▁countries ▁that ▁the