(CNN) Critical race theory is just that -- a theory -- but the term has been weaponized, with its most extreme critics alleging that merely studying the theory is racist. In reconsidering the role of race and racism in American history, that's what students of critical race theory aim to do. Jim Crow was acceptedBlack passengers wait on a bus in 1940 in Durham, North Carolina. Health care was inferiorJUST WATCHED Many Black Americans are hesitant to get the vaccine. Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Many Black Americans are hesitant to get the vaccine.

Source: CNN May 27, 2021 13:41 UTC