/ image from article in The Nation blockquoted below
while one might see Trump’s latest move as simply another attempt at misdirection, its more important contribution may be its portrayal of anti-racist ideas as extremist and politically radioactive, so that they should be denounced by “reasonable people on both sides,” especially Democrats*
critical theory: a Marxist-inspired movement in social and political philosophy originally associated with the work of the Frankfurt School, drawing on the thought of Sigmund Freud
critical race theory: a critical-theorist view of race
critical theorists maintain that a primary goal of philosophy is to understand and to help overcome the social structures through which people are dominated and oppressed: they believe knowledge has been used as an instrument of oppression; they caution against a blind faith in progress, arguing that knowledge must not be pursued as an end in itself without reference to the goal of human emancipation; and they have been immensely influential in the study of history, law, literature, and the social sciences*
*a link – see a note on notes and links