How You Can Turn the Critical Race Theory Controversy into a Useful Dialogue
/The recent controversy about Critical Race Theory (CRT) strikes some people as a manufactured controversy, intentionally created to reverse recent gains in the anti-racism movement; while others see it as a welcomed pushback against arguable excesses by the anti-racism community that have been ignored for too long. Certainly there are good reasons for differences in people’s reactions. On the one hand, the primary initiator behind this anti-CRT movement has been explicit about his efforts as trying to make CRT - a set of concepts taught in law school - into a pernicious term, and then associating all manner of cultural insanities into that brand that has purposely been made toxic. Moreover, conservative-minded community organizers are arming parents – and operatives – with extensive manuals that give them specific strategies that help them create viral moments at local school board meetings.
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