After last summer, this is the way it had to go down.
In recent weeks, conservatives have waged an all-out assault on their rendition of critical race theory via state and local legislation in recent months. There’s the actual critical race theory developed in the 1970’s with two pillars: that white supremacy is baked directly into our country’s laws and that we can and should change the relationship between laws and our racial hierarchies. The low-hanging fruit, which many in the media have picked, is that this is a part of a multi-pronged attack on the Biden administration and those who voted for him. That none of the critiques about President Biden have really moved his approval ratings or his messaging means upending the narratives on a state and local level. There’s also evidence to suggest that the country’s ostensible and temporary support for the Black Lives Matter movement’s aims led to higher voter registration, a clear trigger for a party that sees more voter participation as a serious problem.
Pardon me if I dig deeper, though.
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