, Columnist
This ‘Backtalker’ Has Something America Needs to Hear
Not without hope.
Photographer: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for ESSENCEIn his successful campaign to recapture the White House, President Donald Trump repeatedly promised at his rallies to “get critical race theory ... the hell out of our schools.” One of his first executive orders threatened to ban federal funding from schools that teach it.
It was a strange moment in the national political spotlight for an idea that had, until then, been mostly confined to law schools.