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<v 0>It's become the latest divide in race relations. States across.</v>

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<v 1>The country are trying to get it out of schools. But there is little.</v>

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<v 0>Evidence that it's even being taught. It's called critical race theory or CRT.</v>

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And here's what it means.

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<v 3>Critical race theory is an academic framework that centers on the idea that</v>

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racism is systemic. It's typically taught in colleges and grad schools,

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even though some politicians incorrectly argue that it's a subject in K through

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12 schools. Ever since the murder of George Floyd,

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there's been an increased discussion on how systemic racism is taught in

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schools. With only 8 percent of class time devoted to Black history,

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many feel that K through 12 schools have whitewashed American history,

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often omitting the contributions and perspectives of people of color.

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A recent example of this happened in 2015.

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A ninth grade textbook by McGraw Hill education described enslaved Black people

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from the 1500s to 1800s as 'workers' next to a map of the United States

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describing 'patterns of immigration',

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implying that enslaved Black people came to America voluntarily.

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<v 1>After a Black mother's viral complaint, it was updated.</v>

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<v 3>The writings that formed critical race theory date back to the 1970s.</v>

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Late Harvard Law professor Derrick Bell and other legal scholars

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found that civil rights laws and legal victories have been unsuccessful in

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ending racial injustice.

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The goal of critical race theory is to try to overturn systemic racism

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specifically in legal systems.

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Opponents believe that CRT suggests the nation is inherently evil and that white

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people should feel guilty for their skin color and history of oppressing people

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of color. On May 14, 2021,

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some Republican members of Congress introduced a bill that would ban the

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training of critical race theory in federal institutions and highlight the

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dangers of teaching CRT in schools.

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And more than a dozen states across the country with Republican leadership are

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working on their own bills to get CRT out of schools,

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even if it's not explicitly in the curriculum.