What is it? – Critical Race Theory is an academic concept that’s more than 40 years old.  The core idea is that race is a social construct and that racism is not just a product of individual bias or prejudice, but is also systemic and embedded in our legal, political, economic, and sociological society that states patterns of racism are ingrained in all of these modern institutions. In other words, It is a framework Listen as we (Abdul, Kyla, James, BJ, Tory, and Bazz) answer the following questions about CRT: Why is it necessary to understand what CRT really is?Is it real?Should it be taught in schools (K-12)?How has this impacted the black community?Great conversation! This was also streamed live on YouTube, you can watch it here! Stay tuned for Part II.