Barbara Kay: America is not a racist country and critical race theory is bunk

Barbara Kay: America is not a racist country and critical race theory is bunk
Barbara Kay
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U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) speaks with reporters as he transits the subway system beneath the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. April 27, 2021.
On April 28 U.S. president Joe Biden gave his first address to Congress. It will be remembered less for its content than for Black South Carolina Republican Senator Tim Scott’s charged words in response to it.
“Hear me clearly,” Scott said. “America is not a racist country.” He didn’t say there is no racism in America. Scott himself has encountered racist behaviour and said so. But he refutes the now-widespread belief that racism is America’s defining characteristic. He sternly rebuked those who use race as “a political weapon,” stating “It’s wrong to use our painful past to dishonestly shut down debates in the present.” This was a gauntlet being thrown down with a clang that could be heard across the nation and beyond. Enough with Critical Race Theory (CRT) and the anger, guilt, resentment and divisiveness it breeds, many observers heard Scott saying.

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