Shortly after President Biden signed legislation making Juneteenth a federal holiday, Democrats renewed their calls for reparations. Loury’s latest remarks about racial reparations in the United States are not an anomaly; the economist has also previously declared that racial reparations are “terrible” and would only serve to “commodify” slavery.
Critical race theory
Mixed in with renewed conversations about racial reparations are debates about critical race theory.
Many Democrats believe that teaching critical race theory in schools is acceptable. Critical race theory teachings allege that all U.S. institutions are racist; additionally, they allege that all white people oppress others, while all minorities are suffer from victimhood and oppression.
Americans — and parents especially (of all races) — have come out against critical race theory. Many people do not agree with a divisive and Marxist political viewpoint being fed to children. Likewise, several states, such as Florida, have actually prohibited public schools from teaching critical race theory.
