Alveda King: Critical race theory – why it's absolutely critical to know these facts

Race is a social construct that I refuse to afford any more power.

It might surprise you to know I support critical race theory. Or, to be more exact, I believe it’s critical to understand – maybe more so than at any other point in our shared history in the U.S. – that there is only one race, the human race. There is no White race, no Black race, no red race, no brown race, no yellow race, no mixed race. There is one critical human race.

That’s not a theory,...