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I don't know the guy's whole history, and his prior support of the GOP is GIANT red flag to me. However he's saying a bunch of the right things I would want to hear from a reformed GOP:
"I’ve opened my eyes and listened to people who don’t think like me," he said. "And by doing so, I gained a greater understanding of and appreciation for LGBTQ issues, structural racism, the need for empathetic immigration reform, the dangers of climate change, and the role government must play to help care for the neediest and most vulnerable among us."
He could be a lying bastard, so I don't trust him yet, but these match a whole bunch of my political positions, so I'm hopeful we might have yet another person trying to fight for them. So no free pass, but time will tell.
He is a lying bastard and we should not trust him yet, or probably ever, but he might be a useful tool in getting more open minded conservative voters to take stock and reevaluate their positions. The enemy of your enemy is not your friend, but they can still be used to attain your goals.
I don't trust a word he says.
Its obviously a digression from the main point of your comment, but that isnt what critical race theory means.
The existence of structural racism is just a political-sociological fact. Critical race theory is specifically a field of legal study that examines structural racism within the legal system exclusively. The “theory” aspect comes from the more debatable points of to what extent explicit racism in the law that has since been rectified (by civil rights laws or whatever else) still impacts the modern legal system.
Technically I suppose you could say any recognition of structural racism is still critical, and it would be called critical social inquiry in any capacity, if youre talking from an academic perspective. But the main point is that admitting structural racism exists =/= “critical race theory”