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# Conservatives now use the label ‘critical race theory’ to describe any conversation about race that makes them uncomfortable
- URL: https://werd.io/conservatives-now-use-the-label-critical-race-theory-to-describe/
- Published: 2021-06-16T23:36:48.000Z
- Updated: 2021-06-16T23:36:48.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

"On its face, the opprobrium misunderstands the point: CRT is less about blaming white people than interrogating systems of power and privilege. But that’s the very thing that frightens conservatives: If children recognize the culpability of systems, as opposed to individuals, they’ll also recognize societal problems require collective solutions. The myth of rugged individualism will vanish."

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