Applied critical race theory focuses on addressing racial inequities in education. Key tenets of CRT include examining how whiteness and white ideology are central to dominant culture and policy. It also challenges the notion that legal and educational institutions are neutral and provide equal opportunities. When applying CRT in the classroom, teachers should authentically care for all students, refocus responsibility on adults rather than blaming students, and make the institution nurture all students in a race-responsive way through culturally responsive teaching.

1. APPLIED CRITICAL RACE THEORY
KEY TENETS TO RESEARCH APPLYING CRT IN
CRT REVIEW THE CLASSROOM
Primary Lenses: Authentic Caring- Holding
Centrality of high expectations as well as
providing a high level of
Whiteness White Teacher Bias Hidden care, concern & support to
ideology, values, and stereotypes compel all students in need.
interests are at the center adults to have different
of all aspects of expectations and hold Reframing
Responsibility- Relentless
dominant culture & Black students to a focus on adults not children
policy different standard. as the target for change with
the indicators in the student
The Challenge to Institutional Bias- outcomes
dominant ideology Inequality is reproduced Institutional Nurturing-
Countering the claims regardless of individuals Individuals caring is not
that the legal system of in the institution or enough. The institution
justice and all post- assumed institutional must function in a race
modern American intolerance of racism responsive way toward
institutions, namely equity.
public education is Cultural Mismatch- Culturally Responsive-
colorblind, race-neutral Black students culture is Adjusting teaching to
and provides equal pathologized and viewed responding to the cultural
opportunity (Brown v as incompatible with the needs & learning styles of
Board) educational setting each student.