The brilliance of Glenn Youngkin's executive order on critical race theory is that it merely clarifies and strengthens existing civil rights law.
Now the Left has to take the unenviable position of opposing the principles of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Now the Left has to take the unenviable position of opposing the principles of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The "centrist" argument that anti-critical race theory legislation is "censorship" is bunk for the same reason. The Civil Rights Act already restricts speech in schools and workplaces. Do the centrists support abolishing it? And if not, are they, too, enemies of "free speech"?
The real innovation for the New Right is to strengthen civil rights laws to protect *all groups* and stop ceding administrative authority to the left-wing bureaucrats who dominate the existing civil rights apparatus. Youngkin is executing on this beautifully.
The public is with us. The majority of voters, even in deep-blue California and Washington State, oppose affirmative action as public policy. The majority of parents—of all racial backgrounds—oppose critical race theory in the classroom. Our challenge is to govern.
Some possible language to frame the narrative: "everyone deserves civil rights"; "our civil rights laws are designed to protect every man, woman, and child in this country"; "civil rights for all."
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