Why America needs to ban critical race theory in schools

As we mark the 245th anniversary of American independence, critical race theory has emerged as the dominant subject dividing the nation. The threshold question, itself the subject of rancorous and oftentimes disingenuous debate, is what the term “critical race theory” even refers to.

When this semantic debate surfaces, proponents usually attempt two things at once. First, they accuse their CRT-skeptical interlocutors of being bigots, white supremacists or apologists who want to deliberately muddle and whitewash America’s complex — and at times tragic — history of race relations. This involves CRT proponents grilling critics as to why they’re so “scared” to “discuss racism” or “slavery,” as if that applied to anyone other than a truly infinitesimal and powerless fringe subset.