Although Kendi isn’t a CRT scholar many people think he is CRT.

As fears of Critical Race Theory (CRT) spread across the United States—including within US churches—many of us find the common descriptions of CRT unrecognizable.

“Racism has been devastating to blacks, but it has also done serious harm to a great many whites.”—Derrick Bell

Because this text is the first book-length collaboration by CRT scholars (written by Kimberlé Crenshaw, Richard Delgado, Charles Lawrence III, and Mari Matsuda), we do well to consider how it describes CRT.

Bell spends the bulk of his essay showing, naming, and defending CRT.

I have discussed how I approach CRT texts and treated the first published list of CRT’s common themes.

Lately, many people are asking me the same question: “What are the main tenets of Critical Race Theory (CRT)?”

“Surely I’ve misread something,” I thought.

If it’s not a single theory, why is it called ‘Critical Race Theory?