Intellectual Arguments, Pro and Con, on Critical Race Theory

 

Intellectual Arguments, Pro and Con, on Critical Race Theory

 These are two current intellectual arguments for and against Critical Race Theory being taught in American K-12 schools.

 The New York Times essay is by Kmele Foster, David French, Jason Stanley and Thomas Chatterton Williams, who are represented as a cross-partisan group of thinkers who have written extensively about authoritarianism, liberalism and free speech.

 The response in National Review is by Cameron Hilditch, who is a William F. Buckley Fellow in Political Journalism at National Review Institute.

 These arguments are lengthy and somewhat cerebral.  They present intellectual arguments, and not emotional appeals.  They present the liberal (NYT) case for Critical Race Theory, and the conservative (National Review) case against it.  These articles are well worth the read to stay informed on this important, divisive topic.

 https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/07/ban-critical-race-theory-from-k-12-classrooms-a-response-to-the-new-york-times/

 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/05/opinion/we-disagree-on-a-lot-of-things-except-the-danger-of-anti-critical-race-theory-laws.html

Ray Gruszecki

July 8, 2021