CRITICAL RACE RADIO

<p>Academic critics of CRT argue it is based on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storytelling">storytelling</a> instead of evidence and reason, rejects truth and merit, and opposes <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism">liberalism</a>.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory#cite_note-20">[20]</a> Since 2020, conservative U.S. lawmakers have sought to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censoring_of_school_curricula_in_the_United_States">ban or restrict the instruction</a> of CRT along with other <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-racism">anti‑racism</a> education in <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_school">primary</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_school">secondary schools</a>,<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory#cite_note-Iati-9">[9]</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory#cite_note-Wallace-Wells-21">[21]</a> as well as relevant training inside federal agencies.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory#cite_note-22">[22]</a> Advocates of such bans argue that CRT is <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Americanism">anti-American</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_racism">villainizes white people</a>, and indoctrinates children.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory#cite_note-23">[23]</a> Advocates of such bans have been accused of misrepresenting the tenets and importance of CRT and of having the goal of broadly silencing discussions of racism, equality, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice">social justice</a>, and the history of race.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory#cite_note-Bump_2021-24">[24]</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarris2021-25">[25]</a></p>