Black People Are Far More Powerful Than Critical Race Theory Preaches | Opinion
Chloe Valdary
, founder of Theory of Enchantment
On 5/10/21 at 8:00 AM EDT
The nation is currently engulfed in a debate about critical race theory, a social science that emerged in the mid-1970s that analyzes how racism has been used as a system to disempower people of color. The view has been popularized by people like Ibrahim X. Kendi and Robin DiAngelo, whose books
How to Be an Antiracist and
White Fragility mainstreamed the idea that racism is systemic and must be combatted constantly and vigorously, at every level of society. More recently, there's been some pushback, too: Republicans across the nation have been making attempts to ban this theory from public schools, pointing out that its practical application has led to the demonization of white students.