How the "Moral Panic" of Critical Race Theory Morphed Into a Book-Banning Frenzy;Thomas Hartmann

"Why a disparate group of billionaires, Republican politicians, televangelists, media outlets, and white supremacist militias have found common cause around a new and exciting moral panic, which is currently sweeping America about Critical Race Theory (CRT).What nobody is talking about, though, is the why of this particular issue at this particular time. As a result, we're mistaking the tool for the goal. Moral panics, when driven by politicians, are usually just tools. This CRT moral panic is a tool being used by a coalition of interests to achieve their own goals, none of which have anything to do with teaching or not-teaching the history of race in America."