Critical race theory argues that America is a systemically, irredeemably racist country and that everyone must work ceaselessly to deprogram themselves of the racism embedded within them. The concept currently is championed by race scholars-turned-celebrities such as Ibram X. Kendi and the widely debunked 1619 Project’s Nikole Hannah-Jones, but an overwhelming majority of people disapprove of this philosophy’s polarizing racial activism.

Despite its broad unpopularity, critical race theory has found its home in the American education system, with training beginning as young as kindergarten and reaching a crescendo in higher education. At Wake Forest University, the department of mathematics and statistics has begun implementing its “anti-racist math” coursework. In the spring 2021 semester, the University of New Hampshire launched its “racism in science” class. And the University of Pittsburgh’s medical school even recently added a vow against “systemic racism” to the 2,500-year-old Hippocratic oath.