Who's afraid of critical race theory? After reading this essay, hopefully you'll see it isn’t scary at all

Mia Brett explains the current right-wing boogeyman.

Critical race theory (CRT) is the current conservative media boogeyman spreading moral panic about poor white people being confronted with the history of racism in the United States. Claims about critical race theory range from plausible but incorrect (it’s about white privilege and white people’s racism) to outlandish and bizarre (it supports a white g…