Hey, white guys, here’s a tip: the moment you cast yourself as the victim of the story, all anyone else can hear are your fears about your own mediocrity.

Using a loaded phrase like “Critical Race Theory” as a catch-all for anything about race learned in a classroom that might make a white student uncomfortable makes it easier to fight.

On the morning of Monday, May 25, two strangers had a fateful meeting in the Ramble.