The War on Critical Race Theory, by David Theo Goldberg

Having written a book about structural racism, I have a lot of conversations about the topic. One thing that has surprised me is how often people want to talk about Critical Race Theory (CRT). Sometimes they tell me they agree with what I’m saying, but they’re not so sure about this CRT business. Or they rebuke me for being taken in by it.

Which is odd. It’s strange that they’ve heard about CRT at all, as it’s an obscure and technical field of legal studies from the 1980s. What’s also od...