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- ↑ "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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