complete with a noose, gallows, and countless confederate flags. now while some have had a racial reckoning after george floyd s death in 2020, the insurrection was a glaring warning that a significant portion of our country is threatened by an america no longer powered by white dominance, and one that takes accountability for our history there it is. cue the upwar over critical race theory, which is not taught anywhere, for the record. this is leading to a reality where white parents are trying to ban books about real american history that does not feed a fairy tale. and while we did see some signs of justice this year with george floyd and ahmaud arbery and daunte wright s killers convicted, at the same time, kyle rittenhouse, who killed two people, is being celebrated as the latest hero of the right wing extremists, including those serving in congress. it s part of a larger vitriol we re seeing in american