Daniel Subotnik (born 1942; deceased 2024) was a Professor of Law at the Touro Law Center who wrote extensively about race and gender theory. He is the author of Toxic Diversity: Race, Gender, and Law Talk.[1] and an early skeptic of critical race theory as interpreted by legal scholars.[2]
Personal life and education
editSubotnik is the son of a European refugee father (Louis Subotnik) and an Egypt-born French mother (Emma Subotnik, née Bouskela). He earned a BA degree from Columbia University in 1963 and a JD–MBA dual degree from Columbia Law School in 1966. He is married to Rose Rosengard Subotnik, an American musicologist at Brown University. They have two children.[citation needed]
Race and gender
editIn 1998, Subotnik published one of the earliest critiques of critical race theory (CRT). His article, "What’s Wrong with Critical Race Theory: Reopening the Case for Middle Class Values," [3][4] highlighted many exaggerated claims originating within the burgeoning CRT community. More generally, while accepting some aspects of critical race theory, Subotnik warned of communal dangers that could arise if modern day race relations are equated with circumstances one or two hundred years earlier. He has argued that white academics can and must have a role to play in a field dominated by minority voices, and that academic CRT scholars must reckon with changes in the racial landscape in America. [5]
In 2005, Subotnik published Toxic Diversity,[6] where he offered numerous examples of what he deemed problematic CRT -- as well as feminist -- academic scholarship.
Subotnik has publicly disagreed with Richard Delgado, one of the founders of CRT, though the two have found a common language publishing a back-and-forth dialogue.[7][8]
Selected writings
edit- Subotnik, Daniel (1998) "What’s Wrong with Critical Race Theory: Reopening the Case for Middle Class Values," Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy: Vol. 7 : Iss. 3 , Article 1.
- Subotnik, Dan (1998) "The Joke Critical Race Theory: De Gustibus Disputandum Est?," Touro Law Review: Vol. 15 : No. 1 , Article 4
- Subotnik, Dan, and Glen Lazar (1999). "Deconstructing the Rejection Letter: A Look at Elitism in Article Selection." J. Legal Educ. 49: 601
- Subotnik, Dan (2021). "Maybe Law Schools Do Not Oppress Minority Faculty Women: A Critique of Meera E. Deo’s 'Unequal Profession: Race and Gender in Legal Academia'". Touro Law School, Vol. 37, Number 2.
References
edit- ^ "Toxic Diversity". NYU Press.
- ^ Jamerson. "Critical Race Theory: What it Means for America and Why It Has Sparked Debate". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Subotnik, Daniel. "What's Wrong with Critical Race Theory: Reopening the Case for Middle Class Values". 7 (3). Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy: 1.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Subotnik, Daniel (April 1998). "What's Wrong With Critical Race Theory". Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy. 7 (3): 681–756.
- ^ Subotnik, Subotnik (2021). "Maybe Law Schools Do Not Oppress Minority Faculty Women: A Critique of Meera E. Deo's "Unequal Profession: Race and Gender in Legal Academia""". 37. Touro Law School: 2.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Subotnik, Dan (July 2005). Toxic Diversity. ISBN 0814740006.
- ^ Subotnik, Daniel. "Are Law Schools Racist?: A "Talk" with Richard Delgado". 43 (4). University of San Francisco Law Review: 1.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Delgado, Richard. "Getting Real: A Reply to Dan Subotnik". 43 (4). University of San Francisco Law Review: 2.
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