San Diego Schools Push Critical Race Theory with Guide to Microaggressions, Systemic Racism

The San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) created guides to “microaggressions” and race that push the core tenets of Critical Race Theory (CRT).

One guide was titled “Ask Me Anything About … Race and Racism.” The slideshow guide endorsed many of the core beliefs of CRT, including a belief in systemic and institutional racism as well as the belief that racism isn’t just prejudice on the basis of race, but a system that requires one to hold “institutional power.” 

For example, one portion of the guide claims that racism requires “racial prejudice,” “unfounded beliefs,” “irrational fear,” and “institutional power.” It goes on to claim that “racism is a system of advantage based on race that involves systems and institutions, not just individual mindsets and actions.”