Here is a good article about CRT from an NC news site. Trumptards, of course, will not read it but then if they did, they wouldn't be trumptards, now, would they?
What is critical race theory?
Critical race theory is a framework centered around the idea that race is a social construct designed to oppress people of color, as opposed to the white supremacist notion that race is a natural, biological distinction between human subgroups.
Erika Wilson is an associate professor of law at UNC who specializes in civil rights and critical race theory. She said law has been used to construct race since the beginning of American history.
For example, the Homestead Act of 1862 — which intended to allow any citizen to apply to own up to 160 acres of government land — outlined benefits by race, Wilson said, in favor of white people. She also said the Great Depression-era New Deal declined to provide benefits to predominantly Black neighborhoods.
The local battle surrounding CRT
J. Michael Bitzer, a professor of politics and history at Catawba College, said
states like North Carolina only began these efforts once former President Donald Trump signed an executive order in September prohibiting diversity training and critical race theory.
After this order went into effect, many conservative state leaders followed suit, Bitzer explained, which triggered nationwide efforts to minimize the teaching of critical race theory within the realm of education, as seen as in North Carolina.
Another factor in this spreading ideology, Bitzer said, was the
fear perpetuated by Trump that white Americans were losing political power due to the changing ethnic and racial makeup of the country.
The second dynamic impacting state discussions of critical race theory is the North Carolina Board of Education decision to edit the social studies curricula in public schools, particularly subjects centered around discrimination, racism and gender identity, Bitzer said.
“Along with those two dynamics, the national and various state Republican Parties and their elected officials are utilizing this issue to continue to fire up their base of voters that they need in the 2022 midterms and beyond,” Bitzer said.
Bitzer also said by using the phrase “critical race theory” with the understanding that many Americans don’t know what it means, these leaders have succeeded to reframe the issue into a continuing culture war battle.
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