Opinion by Antoinette Brasier Carbondale Middle School As of 2022, seven U.S. states have banned Critical Race Theory (CRT) from being taught in schools. CRT is an intellectual and social movement by civil-rights scholars and activists who seek to examine the intersection of race, society and law in the United States and to challenge mainstream […]
Critical Race Theory
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Critical race theory: not a new concept
A three-word phrase — “critical race theory” — has popped up frequently in the American lexicon over the last year. CRT, as it is commonly referred to, has become a topic of public comment at school board meetings across the country. What is CRT, and why the controversy? In the mid-1970s, Derrick A. Bell, Richard […]
