Christopher F. Rufo

Christopher F. Rufo

The White Backlash That Wasn’t

Opposition to critical race theory is broad and bipartisan.

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Christopher F. Rufo
Sep 27, 2021
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Over the past year, the left-leaning media has peddled the narrative that an emotional constellation of “white resentment,” “white fragility,” “white rage,” and “white fear” drives opposition to critical race theory in America’s public schools. Now NBC News claims it can prove it.

In a long story featuring analysis of demographic data, NBC News reporter …

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