This systematic review of literature on race in rural educational scholarship addresses the research question: How are race and racism typically represented (defined, discussed) in rural education literature? Subquestions: What factors have been explored at length in regard to race and racism? and Where are the predominant gaps in the research literature? The overall findings about race yielded four themes: Race as-- descriptor, located within a racial hierarchy, socially constructed, and an element of diversity/race as multicultural/cultural. Findings about racism yielded three themes: Racism as-- systemic and institutional, a factor, and structural. We then used CRT to analyze the overall findings related to race and racism focusing on two tenets, social construction theory, and colorevasiveness.