The Republican Party is working to put the movement back in its place. The purpose of this campaign is two-fold: to undermine the gains from the Black Lives Matter movement and to rally the Republican party base as in the recent elections in Virginia and elsewhere.Īnti-CRT bills are a part of the right wing’s reaction to last summer’s rebellion. Republican politicians have passed bills restricting the use of CRT in Idaho, Iowa, Oklahoma, Texas, North Carolina, and Tennessee, and they have proposed similar bills in over 10 additional states. The Right-Wing Uses CRT to Galvanize Their Base It does not point the way toward the combative, multiracial working class struggle that is needed to win major anti-racist demands like an end to racist police murders, gentrification, and systemic poverty. ![]() That said, we will also need to reckon with the political limitations of CRT. To further the struggle for Black lives, it will be necessary to defend workers, especially educators, from the anti-CRT legislation currently sweeping the U.S. While CRT’s analysis of racism is superior on many points to liberal “colorblindness,” it still also avoids the sharpest points of debate within the anti-racist movement. In the search for ideas, Critical Race Theory has proven to be an appealing framework for many. Though the tangible victories of the George Floyd rebellion were limited, masses of people did gain a sharper understanding of systemic racism. This debate is only one aspect of a culture war accelerated by the George Floyd rebellion in the summer of 2020. This article is part 1 of a two-part series on Critical Race Theory.ĭebates have broken out in workplaces and school board meetings across the country as the Republican Party fights to ban Critical Race Theory (CRT) from the classroom.
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