Critical Race Theory. We’ve been hearing about this for a while now, and it’s been one of the most controversial topics discussed in the last few months. The Encyclopedia Britannica defines CRT as an “intellectual and social movement and loosely organized framework of legal analysis based on the premise that race is not a natural, biologically grounded feature of physically distinct groups of human beings but socially constructed category that is used to oppress and exploit people of color.”

Critical race theory is nothing but one big contradiction. We want to teach people that there is no difference among races, but in promoting CRT, an unusual and concerning obsession with racial discrimination becomes increasingly evident.

Conservatives across the country have been working against these teachings for months now, trying to prevent the teachings of these ideas to the younger generation. All the while, the Democratic Party is pushing such ideas onto America’s youth in hopes of indoctrinating them into being obsessed with race through their education. They hope to implement CRT into the curriculum of public schools and universities around the country, and have succeeded in some states.

However, implementing CRT into our school system would not only promote inequality among students, but also aim to literally erase history. Yes, our country’s history includes some racist elements that should never be repeated, but if these negative parts of history aren’t taught, then they will be repeated without fail.

Students need to be taught that things like slavery, segregation, and racism are wrong, but they did exist at one point in history. Our country persevered through them and came together to create a more equal society, and the only way to keep it that way is to know our past faults.

But Democrats are trying to rewrite American history, the very history that has taught us innumerable lessons on bravery, strength, resilience, and the unbreakable human spirit. There is no denying that there are some rough patches to it, but overall we have come a long way and emerged a better, stronger country because of it.

Not only that but CRT was not created to be taught to pre-college age students. According to Charles A. Prince, a Temple University associate professor in the College of Education and Human Development, CRT is a college-level sociological concept created to be taught in a college-level setting, not in an elementary or high school classroom.

There is no denying or ignoring the ugly past our country persevered through to get to where we are now; however, our racist, unequal past does not define us. We must work every day to better ourselves so that history can never be repeated, but the way to do that is not by erasing our history and inculcating America's youth to believe in a concept that they aren’t meant to learn until they are much older. Students need to be taught our country’s real history, the good, the bad, and the ugly, because if they aren’t taught the repercussions of history, then they are bound to repeat it.