Critical race theory in schools: Conservative backlash grows in U.S. - The Washington Post

… In particular, conservatives have seized on the idea that schools are promoting critical race theory, a decades-old academic framework that examines how policies and the law perpetuate systemic racism. It holds in part that racism is woven into the fabric of the nation's history and life — a product of the system and not just individual bad actors...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/05/03/critical-race-theory-backlash/