Freedom from CRT: State bans on critical race theory start in time for July Fourth

Originally Published on The Washington Examiner

Several state laws banning public schools from teaching critical race theory went into effect Friday.

Florida , Georgia , and South Dakota were among those that passed bills banning critical race theory in certain settings during the 2022 legislative session.

Critical race theory is an academic framework that claims that the culture and institutions of the United States are systemically racist and oppressive to racial minorities. To combat this systemic racism, critical race theory calls for "anti-racism" to dismantle the social standards and practices that have perpetuated white privilege.

The bans that went into effect Friday are the latest state laws prohibiting schools from teaching students through the lens of the theory. Since the beginning of the 2021 legislative session, a number of states have enacted bans on critical race theory, including Texas, Arizona, New Hampshire, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Alabama…