Critical Race Theory In Nigeria

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Critical Race Theory (CRT) in principle summarizes the fact that despite being widely criticized, racism is still a part of present day and modern society and may be important in the functioning of institutions and social practices. The CRT pursues to inspect, from a legal viewpoint, the conducts in which main origins of race (and to some extent, culture and identity) preserve relations of authority, oppression and injustice. In South Africa, the need of such a critical engagement with race and law is justified by a long history of institutionalised white supremacy and white racial privilege which today coexists with ongoing forms of anti-black racism and racial exclusion, because of our past of colonialism and apartheid. The CRT, however, argues that indeed there are many international …show more content…

This kind of colonization is called Neo-colonialism. Neo-colonialism played a vital role in the formation of human rights as human rights violations stem from colonialism. Nigeria is an example of the continuous human right violations that take place in the country despite Human Rights Laws being in place. This country has been a continuous victim of human rights destructions since the colonial times, as the colonists had been immigrants who conquered the rights of the Nigerian people to combine their power within the country. Although Nigeria has now attained liberation, the civil leaders continue to overpower and suspend the human rights of the people to magnify their power. Countries such as Sudan and Zimbabwe have been described to experience server human rights violations daily. Kenya has shocking statics relating to human rights violations in the country. These violations have come about despite the various declarations and charters intended to protect and support human rights in Africa and