How to Use critical race theory in a Sentence

critical race theory

noun

• Take the attack on critical race theory, or at least the version retailed by Rufo and his ilk.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
• Two years ago, the state BOE approved a ban on teaching critical race theory in public schools.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 2 Aug. 2023
• In December, the school board voted to ban the teaching of critical race theory.
  — Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
• Chris Rufo, of course, was the kind of architect of the anti–critical race theory moral panic.
  — The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
• Education and critical race theory are on the ballot across the US in 2022.
  — Rachel Looker, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2023
• Youngkin’s rise to office ran through a panic about critical race theory and trans students.
  — Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023
• Funny, we were told that nobody wants to teach critical race theory in schools and that the law couldn’t possibly define these concepts.
  — The Editors, National Review, 31 May 2023
• There are book bans and last year DeSantis signed another bill with this one banning the teaching of critical race theory in schools.
  — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 7 June 2023
• That was frequent, the source of much poverty, and one reason why politicians who play the race card prohibit teaching critical race theory.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2024
• In 2021, Texas banned critical race theory from public schools.
  — Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2023
• Which is his big thing, is that critical race theory and diversity and inclusion initiatives are one and the same thing.
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
• Tushnet is notable as one of the leading lights of the critical legal studies movement (CLS), most known for spawning the sub-field of critical race theory.
  — Jeffrey Blehar, National Review, 20 July 2023
• Youngkin had opened a tip line for people to report instances of divisive concepts and critical race theory being taught in schools.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2023
• Texas has banned the teaching of critical race theory, and nationwide, libraries are pulling books off the shelves that contain diverse characters.
  — Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
• That student, who asked to be known only by her first name, Quinn, had just come out as transgender, and did not think a board consumed by debate over masks and critical race theory would protect her.
  — Jess Bidgood, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2023
• DeSantis also signed a bill in April 2022 banning critical race theory from being taught in schools.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
• While the battles over critical race theory have, for the most part, occurred at the state and local levels, two conservative lawmakers are taking up the fight in Congress.
  — Nate Hochman, National Review, 28 Feb. 2023
• Hogan has also downplayed concerns about critical race theory, which Trump and DeSantis have seized on.
  — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2023
• The backdrop of the war on ethnic studies and critical race theory frames efforts to end the U.S. Department of Education as part of a cultural war and a cancel culture.
  — J. Luke Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2023
• On Wednesday, the Senate passed a bill that bans teaching critical race theory from classrooms and lessons at public college campuses.
  — Aarón Torres, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
• Kendrick believes that topics like critical race theory and gender identity should be taught in public schools.
  — Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
• This has led to incendiary rhetoric over what too many people think is critical race theory and the books of a disproportionate number of Black authors being banned.
  — Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
• In June 2021, DeSantis banned the teaching of critical race theory in Florida public schools.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
• Pryor said South Carolina’s ban on the teaching of critical race theory in public schools has not put the museum out of reach for local elementary, middle and high schools that hope to make field trips there.
  — Aaron Morrison, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2023
• The banning would grow to almost anything related to critical race theory and then wokeness.
  — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
• The most thoughtful was from Christopher F. Rufo, who has led the national opposition to critical race theory.
  — William A. Galston, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2023
• No parents yelled about masking, library books or critical race theory.
  — Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2023
• DeSantis signed bills last year designed to allow parents to challenge the books in school libraries and banning references to critical race theory in public schools.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 5 June 2023
• New members include Christopher Rufo, who who has been at the forefront of the conservative movement against critical race theory.
  — Carlos Suarez, CNN, 26 Aug. 2023
• Many of the freak-outs over curriculum and critical race theory have taken place in wealthier districts such as the suburbs of Virginia, suburban Maine, and Lafayette, California.
  — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024