Packet 13: Bonus 8
Derrick Bell helped create a theory with this adjective in a 1980 law review that argues racial progress can only be achieved by understanding the interest-convergence dilemma. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this adjective typically used to describe theories that challenge social structures. This adjective often prefaces “race theory” in a field that studies social conceptions of race.
ANSWER: critical [accept critical race theory or critical theory]
[10m] A core tenet of Critical Race Theory is described by this term, which examines how the overlap of factors like gender, race, sexuality and class can cause oppression.
ANSWER: intersectionality
[10h] This prominent critic of the My Brother’s Keeper initiative coined the term intersectionality while pioneering Critical Race Theory in her work Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex.
ANSWER: Kimberlé (“Kimberley”) Crenshaw
<Social Science - Other, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 13 (Finals 1)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 20.00 | 100% | 86% | 14% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont B | Waltham A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Lexington A | Belmont A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Mansfield A | Lexington B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Waltham B | Mansfield B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |