Jonah Goldberg: Defenders and opponents of critical race theory are prone to exaggeration
by Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency
Jul 09, 2021
3 minutes
Put aside what you may have heard — pro or con — about terms such as systemic racism or critical race theory (CRT) for a moment. There’s a lot of exaggeration out there among both defenders and critics.
Instead, let me tell you a story.
After the civil rights movement achieved its legislative goals in the 1960s, formal, legal racism was largely abolished. Yes, there was cleanup work to do in various states. But broadly speaking, deliberate discrimination
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