As its name should make abundantly clear, Critical Race Theory (CRT) is the child of Critical Theory (CT), or, to be more precise, its grandchild. Critical Theory is the immediate forebearer of Critical Legal Theory (CLT), and CLT begat CRT. As we discuss in this Backgrounder, however, there are strong thematic components linking CT, CLT, and CRT. Among these are:
By Jonathan Butcher and Mike Gonzalez | The Daily Signal
Noxious Marxist theories that have festered in academia for decades finally burst out of ivy-covered walls in 2020, invading all aspects of American life. It wasn’t just the cities succumbing to nightly riots everything from sporting events, to classrooms, to the workplace was hammered with the message that America was never the land of the free.
Even “Jeopardy” the beloved television quiz show that ratifies when a meme has become an integral part of American culture had a question in December on the New York Times’ 1619 Project, which claims that “our founding ideals of liberty and equality were false when they were written.”