How Critical Social Justice Theory Got Its Start

And veered us away from our inimitable search for Truth.

Dave Smith
ILLUMINATION
Published in
3 min readNov 16, 2023

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When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. implored us to judge people not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character, he wasn’t suggesting we overlook past racial differences and their visible signatures. According to Taylor Branch, author of the trilogy “America in the King…

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Dave Smith
ILLUMINATION

Teacher, author, friend. After 51 years of trial and error, I write mainly self-improvement articles, social commentary, and suggestions to improve education.