We just see it differently. So far it seems no one has a clear definition of CRT or how it factors into our education system. You say it divides people by skin color as a main differentiator? How? My understanding is that CRT explores how the racism of the past is embedded in our laws. This is a very logical conclusion.

• Former slaves in the United States were mainly people taken from Africa. Their skin color made them easily identifiable as property, not human beings. So even their children would be born into slavery.
• When slavery was abolished in the United States, the prejudices against these former slaves, which was mainly based on their skin color, did not disappear. It perpetuated and was taught to new generations. New ways to subjugate these people were literally built into the law systems.
• For over a century the legal oppression of these people based on the color of their skin maintained a segregated society that obviously benefitted White people who controlled all aspects of the country’s infrastructure. So even after Black people won legal rights to be treated as equals this system still was the norm. Just like slavery didn’t end overnight, the systemic racism that was embedded in our society didn’t just end overnight. You can change laws, but you can’t change people’s hearts and minds.
• There are ramifications from slavery to Jim Crow that still affect us all today. Recognizing this is not shaming people or claiming victimhood.

The way I see it, the main people crying about this are White people who aren’t comfortable talking about race. Being frank about race makes them uncomfortable so they lash out instead of trying to have a real conversation about it. There also are too many of them that subscribe to this notion that undeserving Black and Brown people are taking education and jobs away from the always more deserving White people. And now they’re throwing around the word “divisive” because something is bothering them when they haven’t been at all concerned about what’s bothering us for centuries. So I am on the “White fragility” bandwagon because that’s exactly what I see — White people who have had the privilege of not having to deal with issues of race and get all whiny whenever we start talking about the past. We’re not blaming White people for history, but asking that they recognize how they have generally benefitted from it in ways that minorities have not. I know plenty of people who are capable of doing this without feeling shame or guilt for something they took no part in. They just refuse to bury their heads in the sand and pretend we live in a society where people are judged solely on merit. And they know damn well they wouldn’t trade places with my Black ass if they ever got pulled over by the police.

And don’t worry about Donald Trump. He’s the epitome of White privilege. He’ll be just fine.