Thread by @identityshaper

Although I firmly believe that CRT provides a necessary lens for how racism shows up in our school systems, I’ve come to realize that the term itself has become a huge distraction for many of us educators.

The racist gaslighting and fearmongering tactics of mainly right-wingers and conservatives has placed many of us in a perpetual and unnecessary state of “analysis paralysis” about how to use CRT in our classrooms.

I’m here to you that we’re totally overthinking this and giving way too much power to these politicians.

Here’s why……..

Even though many of us (including myself) are not scholars of CRT, we have always taught our students and fought for them in the spirit of the theory.

We may not know all the tenets of CRT or have read all the books from the theory’s founding scholars but I can assure you that we have already been incorporating CRT principles into your practice in more ways than we probably realize.

This erroneous belief that we must be critical race scholars before engaging in antiracist work breeds a perfectionist mindset that keeps us in a state of inaction. Instead of wasting time worrying about what we don’t know about CRT, let’s shift our focus to what we already know.

Believe it or not, the little that we do know about CRT is more than enough for us to take immediate action against the embedded racism in our schools.

Let’s block all the political noise and channel our energy into the work!

In the grand scheme of things, being a critical race scholar isn’t a requirement to fight against racism in our schools but applying a critical race lens to our teaching practice is non-negotiable and an absolute must.