Critical Race Theory (CRT) holds that race is a social construct used by white people to further their interests at the expense of people of color. From CRT we get the current discussion of structural racism, reparations, white supremacy, Black Lives Matter, etc.
Experts argue that racial inequality grows from the social, economic and legal differences white people create between the so-called races. These differences, according to CRT, help maintain elite white interests in wealth and politics and give rise to poverty and criminality in some but not all minority communities.
CRT began in legal studies but has become a major influence in education, gender studies, sociology, etc. In fact, CRT floats in the air that we breathe, although we may be unaware of it. There are debates going on in and around CRT, and like any theoretical system, it's flawed. But I suspect that CRT is what led to the needed diversity in my granddaughter's high school.
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