The claim that racism may be baked into ostensibly neutral institutions is reasonable; the dogmatic insistence that the mere existence of disparate outcomes proves the existence of racism has been unavoidable in practice.
So, creating a standard of "proper grooming" normed to white hair types, for instance, that necessarily rules out the kind of hair black people naturally have is an example of the appropriate application of a CRT framework.
Saying that disparities in outcomes on standardized testing means standardized tests are racist is an example of the inappropriate application of the CRT framework.
But on the basis of it, standardized tests are being removed in California and elsewhere.
But on the basis of it, standardized tests are being removed in California and elsewhere.
We need to be able to make judgments about the proper and improper use of that framework -- but it's precisely that effort at deliberation that the intense social and political pressure around these movements rules out
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