“Critical-race-theory training programs have become commonplace in academia, government, and corporate life, where they have sought to advance the ideology through cultlike indoctrination, intimidation, and harassment,” he said.
Mr. Rufo last year declared a “one-man war” against critical race theory, which is the view that White people are inherently racist in ways they can’t even see, much less deny, and perpetuate their economic and political power by oppressing people of color.
Once a boutique idea in left-wing academic circles, the theory spread like wildfire in the aftermath of 2020 racial justice protests.
Stop Critical Race Theory directors so far have filed three lawsuits. Two of them target schools — one at a charter school in Las Vegas, the other at a public school in Santa Barbara, California — and the other the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.