This article critiques the race conscious thinking inherent in
Critical Race Theory ("CRT") and offers an alternative to
structuralism and determinism. It reviews the colonial origins
of race consciousness, and argues that advocating race conscious
remedies perpetuates the very racism CRT decries. The article
focuses on powerful reality creators of the past to create a
more empowering framework of individual responsibility and
personal reality construction. The article makes a case study of
David Drake, a slave potter from 1800s South Carolina. Slave
artists like David Drake show us that, no matter how strong the
forces of oppression, a marginalized individual has the
authority and power to decide who he or she becomes. Published
in the Thurgood Marshall Law Review. Firefox recommends the PDF
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