Left Still Can’t Admit What CRT is Really About

Zogby recently released a poll for Virginia. The poll showed Governor Glen Younkin and Lt Governor Winsome Sears both enjoying widespread popularity, which is good news. The poll also showed that a majority of Virginians oppose teaching Critical Race Theory to their children, but just barely. I’m disappointed that the opposition to the toxic garbage of CRT isn’t even higher. Part of the explanation may lie in how the poll described CRT.

In their question, the pollsters define Critical Race Theory as “the movement based on the premise that race is not a natural attribute, but a socially constructed category that is used to oppress and exploit people of color.” The idea that race is not a biological distinction but a social construct is pretty well established and not really controversial. And the fact that race has historically been used as a justification for oppression is beyond argument. So why would 51.3% of people oppose teaching that??? The answer is, they know better. That is NOT what is at the heart of Critical Race Theory. The main argument of Critical Race Theory is that the systems, customs, and culture of the United States are based on racism and white supremacy. That all people of color in America are oppressed, and all white people enjoy an unearned privilege at their expense. CRT goes on to assert that racism and white supremacy are so ingrained in every facet of American institutions that they are irredeemable. The only solution is to completely tear them down and start over from scratch. The Founding. The Constitution. The Bill of Rights. Our economic system. All of them are racist and evil. All of them must go. That is what Critical Race Theory espouses. If 48.7% of citizens agree with that, we are in seriously deep trouble.