Cobb profiles Derrick Bell, one of the founders of critical race theory. He questioned the progress made by the Civil Rights movement, believing that "racism is so deeply rooted in the makeup of American society that it has been able to reassert itself after each successive wave of reform aimed at eliminating it."

The Man Behind Critical Race Theory

There have been many national, political parties to rise and fall in the history of the United States. But for the past century, the current Democratic and Republican parties have survived by radically changing their platforms as the priorities of the nation changed. Cobb argues that by doubling down on predominantly older, White, Southern America, the Republican Party may be digging a hole too deep to climb out of.

The Commons

Jelani Cobb

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