Creators: Prof. Copeland on Critical Race Theory Pushback

Clinical Assistant Professor Phillipe Copeland, Boston University School of Social Work

BU School of Social Work Clinical Assistant Professor Phillipe Copeland weighs in on the pushback against critical race theory (CRT) as states across the US seek to ban CRT from public education.

Excerpted from “The Privilege to Push Against Progress” by Bonnie Jean Feldkamp:

When you put the emphasis on outcomes and look at the data, it’s difficult to deny things like systemic racism and white privilege, which hits the core of the pushback on CRT, mostly from conservatives. Dr. Phillipe Copeland, clinical assistant professor at the Boston University School of Social Work and assistant director of narrative for the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, wrote in an email: ‘Critics cannot be satisfied because the criticism about Critical Race Theory is not being made in good faith. It is part of a systematic effort to discredit and undermine antiracism while generating and manipulating white anxiety and resentment for political gain.’”