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Critical Race Theory's co-creator steps into the political firestorm to defend the academic framework that states are now banning — revealing how theory itself becomes a battleground for power.
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Theory Briefing
- A legal scholar who helped coin the term Critical Race Theory defends it as states move to ban its teaching in schools.
- CRT, once a standard part of law school curricula, is now a flashpoint in culture-war politics — illustrating how academic ideas get weaponized.
- The debate over CRT exposes a deeper tension between systemic explanations of inequality and dominant colorblind legal frameworks.