The Moral Panic of Critical Race Theory Is a Right-Wing Tool

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Thom Hartmann is a talk-show host and the author of 'The Hidden History of Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream' (2020); 'The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America' (2019); and more than 25 other books in print.

The moral panic currently sweeping America about Critical Race Theory has been covered ad nauseum by the press and commentators across the political spectrum. That's what typically happens with moral panics . What nobody is talking about, though, is the why of this particular issue at this particular time. As a result, we're mistaking the tool for the goal. Moral panics, when driven by politcians, are usually just tools.

And a moral panic about CRT is made-to-order to take down what's left of our taxpayer-funded unionized-teacher-run public schools. This is now big business. In Washington, DC, for example, there are now as many charter schools making profits for their investors as there are public schools. The continuing existence of free public education represents a lost profit opportunity.

 

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