It’s a mistake to argue whether the poisonous divisive and dishonest ideas being preached in many schools is “Critical Race Theory” (even though it is clear that much of it is very much like CRT). Instead, look at the types of things that are being taught in many schools, things that sound so much like CRT that they are reasonably being referred to as a modern version of CRT. Then simply ask yourself whether it is a good thing to preach this sort of divisive and dishonest drivel to children and teenagers. Just point to the things that are being embraced by schools, such as the recent episode at Julliard, and then ask yourself whether good, healthy school environments like this lead to human flourishing. That avoids intentional obfuscation such as this disingenuous conversation by Joy Reid and Ibram X. Kendi (as pointed out by Wokal Distance).