CRT myths 1

So parents are rising up in pretty big numbers to fight CRT in the schools of their children. (Yesterday's Bion Bartning is one of them.) With all the new attention on it, some alarmed state legislatures have banned it from schools.

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But a reaction among teachers and administrators argues against the parents' movement. They counter that it's not true that they are teaching critical race theory. 

There are at least two different things going on here:

• One is that, yes, there is usually no course called "Critical Race Theory" that is being taught in most schools. But it's not an actual course that parents object to anyway. It is the ideas that make up CRT which are being taught in various courses and policies. 
• A second factor is that there may be intentional misleading of public opinion.

Confusion about definitions can take the air out of any debate and collapse the movement, so pro-CRT parties sow as much confusion as possible. It's sophistry. And of course there are always unaware people who simply don't understand.

Is it being taught or not? We want to know the truth.

(cont'd tomorrow)