Black Eye for America

by Carol M. Swain, Christopher J. Schorr, Benjamin Carson (Foreword)

In schools and workplaces across the United States, Americans are being indoctrinated with a divisive, anti-American ideology: Critical Race Theory (CRT). Based in cultural Marxism, CRT bullies and demonizes whites while infantilizing and denying agency to blacks, creating a deep racial rift. As Abraham Lincoln famously observed, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." CRT aims to divide the American nation against itself and burn down the house. In Black Eye for America: How Critical Race Theory Is Burning Down the House, Carol Swain and Christopher Schorr expose the true nature of Critical Race Theory, and they offer concrete solutions for taking back the country's stolen institutions. They describe CRT in theory and practice, accounting for its origins and weaponization within American schools and workplaces; explain how this ideology threatens traditional American values and legal doctrines, including civil rights; and equip everyday Americans with strategies to help them resist and defeat CRT's pernicious influence.

Carol Swain (PhD) is an award-winning political scientist and former tenured professor at Princeton and Vanderbilt Universities . She is the author or editor of 10 books, including Be the People: A Call to Reclaim America's Faith and Promise and The New White Nationalism in America: Its Challenge to Integration.

Christopher Schorr holds a PhD in American Government from Georgetown University. His dissertation ("White Nationalism and its Challenge to the American Right") considers factors that risk mainstreaming white nationalist politics in the United States, including Critical Race Theory.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction, Counter Culture, Social Science, Race, History

176 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2021

About the author

Carol Miller Swain is a retired professor of political science and law at Vanderbilt University. A frequent conservative television analyst, she is the author and editor of several books. Her interests include race relations, immigration, representation, evangelical politics, and the United States Constitution.

Reviews

[Peter Bradley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Critical Race Theory – A Simplistic Worldview for a Complicated World.


Black Eye for America by Carol M. Swain (Author), Christopher J Schorr (Author), Dr. Benjamin Carson (Foreword)

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I am an employment/ civil rights attorney. For the last forty years I have been representing employees who have been fired because of disability, pregnancy, age, and, occasionally, race. My practice has also involved employees who have suffered retaliation for reporting statutory violations. In recent years, my practice has morphed in a disturbing direction as I have started representing college instructors who have been subjected to discipline for saying things that offend liberal taboos. In one case, the comment was that children who know their parents can resolve the philosophical problems of identity. The other involved handing out Jeremy’s Chocolates with “He/His” labels for chocolates with nuts and “She/Her” for nutless chocolates. The former drew tears of rage from some leftist because….who knows? The latter was an “attack” on the transgender community meriting a long suspension, an expensive investigation, and a hearing.

This new development is disturbing. Colleges are already a ideological straightjackets, but this hair-trigger retaliation against those who offend the outer limits of intellectual purity takes the environment to a whole new level. The clear intent, and clearer effect, is to make college employment lethal for anyone who is not far left.

The vehicle of this transformation is the ideology of “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” (“DEI”). California Community Colleges have incorporated the rubrics of “anti-racism” and “diversity” into the regulations requiring what instructors are to say and how they are to be evaluated. If this was happening in Florida or if it had happened in the 1950s against Communists, we would be hearing about McCarthyism and censorship. We used to hear journalists and academics speak out loudly against conformity and in favor of academic freedom, but now we hear nothing.

What happened?

Carol Swain and her co-author Christopher Schorr have done a fine job of digging into the issue, showing its origins, showing its threats, and suggesting ways to deal with the DEI ideology. One thing I liked about this book was its willingness to go back to the sources to support its contentions. For example, she quotes my law school professor, Richard Delgado – one of the founders of Critical Race Theory (“CRT”) – to support the point that CRT is an offshoot of Marxism.

I’ve heard DEI described as “Cultural Marxism” but I was skeptical about that description. The people I see at the universities couldn’t read Marx if there life depended on it. However, Marxism is shallowly buried in the DEI regulations. Those regulations openly posit that “oppression” is the force that defines society. “Oppression” requires an oppressor class/group and and an oppressed class/group. The conflict between the two leads to a synthesis where the oppressed throw off the chains of oppression. This is classic Hegelianism. Marx was a left-wing Hegelian. Thus are we ruled by Dead White Men.

Swain explains:

In simple terms, CRT views American society and government through a Marxist analytical lens, emphasizing group power and group conflict. Readers might be familiar with the standard Marxist worldview wherein the social order is defined by the oppression of workers (the “proletariat”) by the capitalist classes (the “bourgeoisie”). From this vantage point, social institutions—economic, social, security, religious, cultural, etc.—are all described as elements of capitalist oppression. Marxists consequently advocate upending the social order and reconstituting society along socialist lines.

Swain, Carol M. ; Schorr, Christopher J. Black Eye for America (p. 12). Carol Swain Enterprises, LLC. Kindle Edition.

I don’t credit the average DEI administrator to know any of this, but Delgado did. All DEI managers need to know is how to parrot phrases invented by Delgado and other CRT thinkers.

So, what is CRT? This definition surprised me:

At this point, many readers of this book will ask themselves where this hateful and divisive ideology comes from. To answer that question, we first turn to two prominent CRT proponents, husband and wife Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, both of whom are law professors and social critics. Delgado, believed to be one of the founders of CRT, and Stefancic define CRT as, “a collection of activists and scholars interested in studying and transforming the relationship among race, racism, and power.”4 Studying race, racism, and power seems like a worthy pursuit, unlike say, bullying children. How then might the one lead to the other? How is it that CRT scholars and activists go about their task?

Swain, Carol M. ; Schorr, Christopher J. Black Eye for America (p. 12). Carol Swain Enterprises, LLC. Kindle Edition.

So, CRT is a “collection of activists and scholars”? It is a group, rather than a set of principles? That makes it sound more like a political party, than a school of thought. It sounds like the Bolshevik Party, which had the ability to excommunicate party members and redefine truth. For the Bolsheviks, truth was whatever the Party made it.

Consider the ability of DEI/CRT to define away racism so long as the racism is directed against whites (and Asians (and Jews)). Swain observes:

They find racism nearly everywhere, including in day-to-day interactions where the uninitiated might never think to look—e.g., a stranger failing to wave to you.6 In this view, racism is the primary cause for differences in outcomes between racial groups—e.g., in income, educational attainment, incarceration etc. It cannot be the case, for example, that a black/white difference in incarceration rates could exist independent of present-day racial oppression. For example, to the CRT advocate, pointing out that violent crime rates differ by racial group,7 and that violent crime presumably has something to do with incarceration, misses the point. All disparities reflect unequal (racist) treatment somewhere in “the system.” This perspective is perhaps most prominently advanced by Ibram X. Kendi. Kendi explains, “When I see racial disparities, I see racism. But I know for many racist Americans, when they see racial disparities, they see black inferiority.”8 He thus treats racial disparities (unequal outcomes) as straight-forward evidence of racial discrimination (unequal treatment). The system must be racist, Kendi argues, because absent racial discrimination, the only explanation for racial disparities must be that some racial groups are just better than others—e.g., smarter, less criminally inclined, etc. This is a simplistic and disingenuous argument.

Swain, Carol M. ; Schorr, Christopher J. Black Eye for America (p. 13). Carol Swain Enterprises, LLC. Kindle Edition.

Disparities that disfavor Blacks are racism. Disparities that favor Black – professional basketball players, for example – are not racism. Racism explains why Blacks are not admitted into Ivy League schools, but racism does not explain how Asians are admitted at disproportionately higher rates. How does that work?

Also, DEI simplifies “oppression” to one dimension, i.e., race. Religious differences, class differences, ethnic differences, etc., none of them matter. DEI’s oppression narrative airbrushes out the fact that Asians and Nigerian-Americans have a higher income and college admission rate than whites. It is a strange kind of systemic racism that can distinguish within racial groups with this kind of precision.

The willingness to jettison principles in favor of power is also Bolshevik. DEI/CRT is not shy about advocating racial discrimination so long as it favors the right groups (something that their Bolshevik ancestors would have endorsed):

A few prominent proponents are willing to speak plainly in support of CRT. To his credit, Ibram X. Kendi is quite candid in How to Be an Antiracist (2019) when he states, “The only remedy to racist discrimination is antiracist discrimination. The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination. The only remedy to present discrimination is future discrimination.”

Swain, Carol M. ; Schorr, Christopher J. Black Eye for America (p. 52). Carol Swain Enterprises, LLC. Kindle Edition.

Incredibly, DEI now posits that “colorblindness” is racist:

If that description sounds implausible, consider the following from a Psychology Today article titled “Colorblind Ideology Is a Form of Racism.”12 The article correctly describes colorblindness as an “ideology that posits the best way to end discrimination is by treating individuals as equally as possible, without regard to race, culture, or ethnicity.” It then acknowledges that colorblindness amounts to “really taking MLK seriously on his call to judge people on the content of their character rather than the color of their skin. It focuses on commonalities between people, such as their shared humanity.” The article then goes on to explain why ignoring skin color is racist.

Swain, Carol M. ; Schorr, Christopher J. Black Eye for America (p. 14). Carol Swain Enterprises, LLC. Kindle Edition.

This ideology has made its way to the Supreme Court. The recent Affirmative Action Decision contained an amazing debate between Justice Thomas and Justice Jackson-Brown about whether the 14th Amendment was intended to permit racial discrimination in favor of Blacks.

Another feature shared with Marxism is that it doesn’t work. There is no evidence that DEI policies have done anything to reduce disparities anywhere. Like Communism, DEI makes things worse.

First, it encourages racism and stokes white racial resentment:

In practice, this theory means that statements such as the following from Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan are “not racist”: “White people deserve to die, and they know, so they think it’s us coming to do it.”16 Such a statement would be called “racist” if uttered by a white speaker substituting the word “white” for “black.” Hypocrisy is one of the hallmarks of CRT. It is also noteworthy that the prejudice plus power definition does not take into account power differences at the individual level. This means that if a racially prejudiced person of color in a position of power (e.g., a politician, judge, or police officer) acts in a racially discriminatory or hateful manner, that person cannot be labeled “racist.”

Swain, Carol M. ; Schorr, Christopher J. Black Eye for America (pp. 14-15). Carol Swain Enterprises, LLC. Kindle Edition.

People know hypocrisy. DEI tells people that there is such a thing as micro-aggression and implicit bias, but when actual, in-your-face aggression occurs, whites are told that they are showing “white fragility” if they object:

On this absurd edifice, CRT scholars additionally assert that all whites are racist,17 that disagreement or discomfort with this claim is also racist (“white fragility”18 and “white women’s tears”19), and that indifference or disinterest in so-called “antiracism” efforts is . . . wait for it . . . racist (“white ignorance,”20 and “white complicity”21). CRT scholars go so far as to assert that it is impossible for white people to engage with people of color in good faith and that common ground can only be found under conditions of converging racial interests.

Swain, Carol M. ; Schorr, Christopher J. Black Eye for America (p. 15). Carol Swain Enterprises, LLC. Kindle Edition.

DEI/CRT is divisive and demoralizing. It teaches minority students that things like hard work and punctuality are “white values” as occurred when the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture titled “Aspects and Assumptions of Whiteness and White Culture.” Swain advises:

Under CRT-inspired instruction in K-12 schools, American children are now taught to view racism as the cornerstone of American society. They are taught that whites dominate a racial hierarchy in America and exercise power as a group. White students (again, children) are forced to confront their supposed “hidden racism” and its effect on society. In some school districts, claims of systemic racism are introduced to students in the first grade. By junior high, students are taught radical and divisive perspectives on “whiteness”—e.g., that any white person who has failed to proclaim himself or herself an “antiracist” is a “white supremacist,” regardless of whether he or she rejects notions of racial superiority. Much like employees undergoing “diversity, equity, and inclusion” training, students are strongly discouraged from challenging these claims and have been punished for doing so.3

Swain, Carol M. ; Schorr, Christopher J. Black Eye for America (p. 11). Carol Swain Enterprises, LLC. Kindle Edition.

CRT is undermining America in the face of totalitarian dictatorships that engage in racism and genocide:

CRT is even impacting US foreign policy. Adversaries such as China43 and Iran44 leverage CRT claims to diminish American prestige (soft power) and to deflect criticism from their governments’ humanitarian abuses. As recently discovered by the Biden Administration during a humiliating exchange45 with its Chinese counterparts, it is difficult to stand up to such attacks when your opponents repeat your own administration’s anti-American rhetoric back to you.46 The simple truth is that America is being destroyed from within and very few of us presently understand what is happening or know how to fight back in an effective manner. We hope to remedy the situation by doing our small part and by encouraging you to do yours. As a nation, we are stronger together: our national motto is E Pluribus Unum, “Out of Many, One.”

Swain, Carol M. ; Schorr, Christopher J. Black Eye for America (pp. 16-17). Carol Swain Enterprises, LLC. Kindle Edition.

Ultimately, DEI/CRT are antithetical to liberalism:

Classical liberalism is a philosophy that promotes protecting civil liberties and limiting the role of government.9 It is fundamental to American democracy; CRT, however, strongly rejects this tradition. In this way, Critical Race Theory is anti-American in the same way that the sky is blue and water is wet. To their credit, CRT advocates do little to hide this. In their introduction, Delgado and Stefancic write, “unlike traditional civil rights discourse, which stresses incrementalism and step-by-step progress, Critical Race Theory questions the very foundations of the liberal order, including equality theory, legal reasoning, Enlightenment rationalism, and neutral principles of constitutional law.”10 They state further that CRT proponents “are suspicious of another liberal mainstay, namely, rights” and that “classical liberalism is overly caught up in the search for universals.” By the “liberal order,” “classical liberalism,” and of course, “rights,” Delgado and Stefancic refer to the principles underlying the American system: those enshrined in the Declaration of Independence. These include equality under law (“equality theory”) and individual rights naturally belonging to all people (“universals”), as informed by a rational (Enlightenment) understanding of the world and by republican traditions of self-government. Rejecting this tradition, opposition to freedom (e.g., speech11 and property rights12), individualism13, meritocracy14, the rule of law15, impartial justice16, and even equality17 are consistent themes in CRT scholarship and advocacy. Proposals for mass property confiscation and race-based redistribution18 and for a federal Department of Antiracism19 superseding all laws and government action (i.e., democracy) illustrate the tyrannical and even totalitarian tendencies that befit a movement descended from Marxism.

Swain, Carol M. ; Schorr, Christopher J. Black Eye for America (pp. 30-31). Carol Swain Enterprises, LLC. Kindle Edition.

Swain made an interesting point that I would have missed. CRT/DEI goes so far as to make heretical religious demands, at least according to Ibram X. Kendi:

This is not to say that Critical Race Theory is only indirectly opposed to Christianity. Consider, for example, the distinction drawn by Ibram X. Kendi between, in his words, “liberation” and “savior” theologies.25 Kendi describes the former as a commitment to radical social activism, as informed by a vision of Jesus Christ as a political revolutionary struggling against oppression. He describes the latter as one where individual sinners are saved through their faith in Jesus Christ. Christian and non-Christian readers alike will recognize Christianity in “savior theology.” Kendi goes on to assert that “antiracists” (CRT advocates) must reject savior theology (Christianity, traditionally understood) because it . . . . . . goes right in line with racist ideals and racist theology in which they say, you know what, black people . . . other racial groups, the reason why they’re struggling on earth is because what they are behaviorally doing wrong and it is my job as the pastor to sort of save these wayward black people or wayward poor people or wayward queer people. That type of theology breeds bigotry.26 Kendi’s claims here are consistent with his earlier referenced claims regarding the meaning of racial disparities. “Sin” is to be found in oppressive power structures, not in individual people. It certainly doesn’t reside in the victims of oppression.

Swain, Carol M. ; Schorr, Christopher J. Black Eye for America (pp. 40-41). Carol Swain Enterprises, LLC. Kindle Edition.

Swain has a good section on the conflict between CRT and Christianity. If this pans out, then DEI regulations may be susceptible to objections based on the freedom of religion.

Swain offers a good plan of counter-attack based on “Voice” – speaking out against CRT; “Exit” – abandoning corrupted institutions; and “Guerrilla Warfare” – attacking CRT when and where available.

As an attorney, I am fighting for liberalism by representing those who are oppressed by DEI. For others, Swain’s recommendations are to learn about CRT, build coalitions, and fight where you can.

It is really important. Bolsheviks are in control of your education system. Even the Communists were never that successful.

[Dave Wright · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating. All about Critical Race Theory. If you are a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle; thinking of becoming a parent or simply have a love for kids and country...you have to read it. It explains the method and why CRT is circulating throughout our systems. Have fun!

[C.S. Wachter · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got this as a gift and appreciated that it is a quick read that briefly addresses the history, inconsistencies, and problems with CRT as its tentacles reach in to corrupt every area of our culture, country, and churches. An important book.

[Karyn Rybacki · Rating 1 out of 5]

Strip-Quoting, Deception, and Outright Falsehoods, a Manual for Disruption

This is the CRT handbook for people who want to turn our democracy into a theocracy. It's a series of strip quotes, distortions, and outright falsehoods. The authors appear to be scholarly by pulling partial statements from Postmodern theorists, but they have no actual examples of widespread, or even small "outbreaks," of teaching Critical Race Theory at the K-12 level. There examples are drawn from hearsay or university classes. They cannot prove something that isn't happening. They also seem to forget that private schools, because they are "private," may make their own curriculum decisions.
This CRT nonsense is a means of stirring up the uneducated base. This book is dangerous because it gives the surface appearance of being scholarly. Real scholarship examines all sides of an issue. When a critical theory of any discipline, such as law or public communication uses a critical theory, a concept is applied to a specific case to examine phenomena. There are huge shifts in tone and syntaxes. When specifics are provided for the reader: questions to ask, how to infiltrate meetings and engage in "guerrilla tactics," tone changes, vocabulary and sentence structure are about a sixth grade reading level. Some of this is quite close to Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals.
I am an Iiowa PhD, 1979, Rhetorical Theory and Argumentation, with cognates in 20th Century History and First Amendment Theory. I've read ALL of the alleged CRT Postmodern theories. I've also read Greek & Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, Enlightenment, early American rhetorical theories, and the history from which these theories developed. I also taught the history of Western Rhetoric for 40 years. These authors may quote Postmodern theories of human behavior, but they do not understand it. I especially love how they twist Augustine's justification for teaching science, got it backwards.

WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE UP AGAINST. EVERY VOTER, ESPECIALLY Democrats, need to know what we are facing. These people want to impose a theocracy on us. They want to severely restrict critical thinking and research. If this foolishness isn't stopped, we lose our great research universities and teaching liberal arts of any kind. Remember what happened to German education when Hitler came to power.
The subtitle of Ainsky's Rules for Radicals was "Please Steal this book". I paid full price for it because a colleague wanted my opinion. Get it from your library. It took me an hour to read it.

[Manuel Fernandez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must read for PARENTS

An explanation of the CRT racism hidden by "anti-racism" language. CRT goes against all of the civil rights legislation passed in the sixties.

[Tim Blackburn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dr Carol Swain is a retired professor from Vanderbilt University who is an African American woman. Dr Swain provides readers with a primer on Critical Race Theory. The book was very educational to me since I was looking for a primer on CRT. Dr Swain clearly examines the tenets of CRT and points out the clear inconsistencies of this religion. The narrative and details provided by Dr Swain are frightening and stark. She outlines the future stare of our country if CRT is allowed full migration into classrooms. Definitely a wake-up call for me. I had no clue about the doctrine behind such apparent harmless slogans as "anti-racisim. Definitely for you if your desire a unadulterated foundation on the CRT movement sweeping our educational system.

[Derek · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was expecting a well-reasoned academic approach to a hot-button issue, and I got hyperbolic un-intellectual drivel. These authors should be ashamed.

[Bill Beaton · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a well written book for people who don't like CRT based on Fox and Newsmax. It is not an even-handed critique.

[Sarah Grimm · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hi. So this is a book you either are reading because your conservative friend recommended it to you/are trying to figure out what CRT is. OR you have a fascination with the one and only Dr. Carol Swain. She is truly fascinating. She's been on my radar since I was 14? We talked about her in one of my political science courses at MTSU. She reminds me of a modern-day Phyllis Schlafly. Depending on your beliefs that could be good or bad. I think the ERA should've passed (really a fascinating reason why it failed) so that will probably tell you what I think. Either way, she is one for the history books.
So right off the bat, I'm going to ask the question that kept popping up in my mind as I was reading this and whenever CRT is brought up in school board meetings. Do you know the literacy rate of kids in America right now? It isn't good. For background, I am a reading comprehension tutor and previously was a para in Davidson country (Where Swain resides). I was also in a teaching program at MTSU to become a history teacher. CRT was something very briefly touched on in the curriculum. What lesson plans were actually based on are TN state standards. Teaching critical thinking when relating to the TN state standards was also a big part of lesson plans. Gain, all of these state standards are set by the state. Tennessee is red. And not just by a little. AP classes in high school are where I got the most CRT in public school, but again, those are classes taken for college credit. So getting to my point CRT is something that is mainly taught at a higher level in college (There was a big outcry about my human geography AP textbook back in the day because of a paragraph on Islam but because this is a class not dictated by the state and a class you have to opt into they didn't get very far - which that class still to this day is the most important class I've ever taken - college included as it taught me how the world foundationally works from LDC, maternal death rates, how a city is strcutured, etc...). Now Swain is an academic and a prominent ideologue in TN and I am glad that people have different opinions on issues (unless they impede on fundamental human rights which is odd I have to put that as a caveat but alas we are where we are). The ultimate goal of this book/thesis that I pulled away from reading it is that CRT will destroy America because it is divisive. Odd that. Keep in mind Carol Swain was on former President Trump's 1776 Commission. The program the Biden administration got rid of shortly into his singular term is in the National Archives if you want to give those a look. Trump is pretty divisive. I'd argue like many that this country has always been divided on issues. Specifically, on issues of slavery and race. It is foundational and sad. And all we can do is our best to be better than those that came before us as we work, pay our taxes, and raise the next generation. But then again life is hard and flowers are blooming in Antarctica. So while we are divided on issues these things hold us together. It's why I read this book for a further understanding of things granted I wish she had more specifics and was less broad. Anyways, I did want to not finish this book 75% but since I'd bought it I trekked through despite the incessant question of our nation's literacy rate screaming at me.

[Carolyn Kost · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are short on time but want to understand Critical Race Theory, this is the book for you. You can read Richard Delgado's and Jean Stefancic's Critical Race Theory: An Introduction free in PDF some other time.

Authors Swain taught political science at Princeton and Vanderbilt and Schorr is a recent PhD recipient. Both have extensively researched on the problem of white nationalism. This is a thorough, accessible, and easy-to-read overview and thoughtful summary of CRT's theoretical foundations, expressions, and the threat it poses to classical liberalism, the Constitution, and Civil Rights Law. After each chapter, there are study questions that are helpful to recall main issues. It also proposes strategies for resisting, even language to use for a school board to prohibit CRT.

It explains why CRT is so dangerous to students. It teaches non-white students they are victims who have no control over their lives, infantilizing them and making them "more fragile." CRT instructs them to "reject reason, responsibility, diligence, civility," when that is exactly counter to the success sequence: get at least a high school education, work full time, and marry before having children. "Among Millennials who followed this sequence, 97% are not poor when they reach adulthood" (AEI).

"Get married before you have children and strive to stay married for their sake. Get the education you need for gainful employment, work hard, and avoid idleness. Go the extra mile for your employer or client. Be a patriot, ready to serve the country. Be neighborly, civic-minded, and charitable. Avoid coarse language in public. Be respectful of authority. Eschew substance abuse and crime.
These basic cultural precepts reigned from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s. They could be followed by people of all backgrounds and abilities, especially when backed up by almost universal endorsement. Adherence was a major contributor to the productivity, educational gains, and social coherence of that period" (Penn Law School Professor Amy Wax, who was removed from teaching first-year students and nearly fired for making that statement).

This book is likely to provoke some "aHA" moments with statements that are obvious, but overlooked, like "A given disparity between groups (however defined) may have any number of causes. It isn't obvious, for example, that the gender incarceration disparity reflects systemic, matriarchal oppression (institutional misandry). Likewise, the fact that Asian Americans earn more on average than white Americans isn't obviously a product of white (or Asian) supremacy" (13).

Why does CRT regard colorblindness as racist? "Colorblindness, like individualism and meritocracy, is said to obscure structures of racial oppression, allowing whites to continue to dominate people of color" (14).

Why isn't the deliberate discrimination against whites in retribution not racist? Because in CRT, racism is "prejudice plus power," so only dominant groups can be racist. Individual differences do not matter in that power structure, only groups.

The stated purpose of the new ethnic studies curriculum in California is "to create 'activist intellectuals' who will go on to 'decolonize, deconstruct, and dismantle supposedly racist American institutions. As curriculum advocates explain, this program begins in the first grade because children are never too young for indoctrination; indeed, their 'inherent empathy' makes them especially vulnerable to it" (15).

This is of enormous consequence. In E.D. Hirsch's book, How to Educate a Citizen, https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/sho..., he wrote that schools exist to educate citizens, particularly in the United States, where we do not share inherited features, blood ties, or shared religion. The primary grades transmit foundational knowledge, foster the ability to communicate, and shape "our gut allegiance." Noah Webster (of dictionary fame) declared in the 18th century, "The Education of youth is, in all governments, an object of the first consequence. The impressions received in early life, usually form the character of individuals; a union of which forms the general character of a nation."

Inculcating the notion that this nation is founded on hatred and racism, when the enormous strides in civil rights have been made precisely because of the provisions in the Constitution and the legislative and judicial processes, is a dangerous lie that will turn young people's hearts and minds against the nation.

The authors present a few of the errors in The 1619 Project that is used in thousands of schools across the country. There are many articles and at least two books debunking the falsified claims that are being taught to our students and that people are reading and believing.

If you want a concise summary of Critical Race Theory, its origins and expressions, this is the book for you.

If you are a Christian and want to understand Critical Race Theory in a Christian context, this is the book for you.

[LAMONT D · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent resource if you are at all interested in the Critical Race Theory (CRT), where it came from, what is it all about, and why it is a danger to our society and the next generation. Plus, we get talking points on how we should react and combat this dangerous movement. An important point for me as well was made in chapter 5 where the authors draw the conclusion that Christianity is incompatible with CRT. In this chapter they unpack why in clear and understandable language. Chapter 7 is all about strategies for resisting CRT and its influence. They reference Rod Dreher's book "Benedict Option" in which he advocates a strategic withdrawal coupled with active efforts to impact the dominant culture. Chapter 8 gives you a detailed list of ten proposals for resisting CRT. Very good but will take supreme effort on all of us. The best part of the book may be at the end which includes a Glossary of terms and appendixes with various resources.

[Randy Purham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent Battle Plan

This is a great book of guidelines to follow to combat CRT and DEI agendas across the country and even across the world. I would say this is a modern day version of "The Art of War". It is a comprehensive strategy to bring ethical standards and unity back in a divided nation. Great job to the authors Dr. Carol Swain and Dr. Christopher Schorr.

[Colby Kleinsasser · Rating 3 out of 5]

Probably a 3.5. This is a concise book that in the first 6 chapters defines concepts and terms relating to Critical Race Theory, its foundations and principles, and articulates those things very clearly. The last couple chapters are more a “call to action,” for the readers. There are ample citations (possibly 1/3 of this book is citations).

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must read for anyone who is concerned about the attempt of the left to reshape and change America from the constitutional republic it is to a socialist government run society that abuses our freedoms.

[Chuckdee · Rating 5 out of 5]

CRT is a major threat (as are “DIE” programs/ departments) and this book is a pocket guide to identifying and addressing. It is well researched and written, and provides sources. It also offers additional study resources, links, etc.

[Terrance D Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

CRT fully Defined

This us a well researched book concerning CRT! Carol and Christopher lay out a strong foundation in the first chapters, then get into a more basic definition and understanding of its destruction in schools, businesses, government, and other areas.

[Chockletter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow! What an eye-opening book. It made me think critically about so many things that I hadn't thought about before.

[Dorothy Claussen · Rating 4 out of 5]

An eye opener.

[Allie Slocum]

Quick read but very informative

[Michelle Elliott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informational regarding CRT.

[Mary Cunningham · Rating 5 out of 5]

The term Critical Race Theory is being thrown around a lot. If you want to know what it is, and what its proponents are saying, this is a good source book. It has almost as many pages of references as it does text, if you wish to check their sources.

[Kathryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good!