Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic (1993) note the following major themes in critical race theory writings: * A critique of liberalism * Storytelling/counterstorytelling and "naming one's own reality" * Revisionist interpretations of American civil rights law and progress * Applying insights from social science writing on race and racism to legal problems * Structural determinism, how "the structure of legal thought or culture influences its content" * The intersections of race, sex, and class * Essentialism and anti-essentialism * Cultural nationalism/separatism as well as encouraging black nationalism, power, or insurrection * Legal institutions, Critical pedagogy, and minorities in the bar * Criticism and self-criticism