November 18, 2021
Volume 51 - No. 46
By Tom Morrow Ask any 10 people you might meet on the street what they think is the definition of “Critical Race Theory” and you’ll probably be met with blank stares. Most people paying attention to what happening in the news these days may have heard of CRT, but only a few can describe what it is (or isn’t). In more than a few regions of the U.S. race relations is edging toward a critical state and it’s no longer a theory. Critical Race Theory is a growing
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movement of what some legal experts and liberal activists as well as progressive educators across the nation are seeking to challenge and examine mainstream approaches to racial justice and education. It’s a movement threatening to divide our nation along racial lines. It’s a chasm that has plagued our nation almost constantly since the mid1800s. As the minority populations grows closer to becoming a majority, there are accusations of racism, especially, but not exclusively, toward white people. But here’s the elephant in the room: society in
general is becoming a true genetic melting pot. It isn’t a stretch to the imagination that a half century from now a mixture of white and darkskinned peoples will be the majority here in America. Think not? All one has to do is watch any television commercial any time of day on any channel and you can see obvious displays of color-blind actors representing a society of tomorrow. In reality we’re not at that point yet, but a mixed-race society is fast approaching. Black on white, Asian on white, black, brown, and a variety of more than two will be the
What the Hell is CRT?
reality of tomorrow. It is cruel for anyone to proclaim to children that all white people are racist because the numbers of mixed-race families are growing every day. Until recent years, accusations of racism hurled at white populations have pretty much been in the larger Eastern half of the nation, but the past two years’ demonstrations causing police violence have spread heretofore to quiet communities, neighborhoods and cities of all size populations located in Midwestern and Western