The claims from the left that math is racist and that CRT needs to be the basis for our educational system all in the name of equity come at the cost of the death of merit and an assault on science.  The threat to our society, our standard of living both now and in the future are very real as we condemn literally millions of our children to a world ruled not by science and facts, but rather by an ideology which is grounded on the inability to deal with facts.  Not since the Soviet experiment under Stalin and Lysenko has a society been so threatened by an attack on science.  Those on the left who gleefully claim to “believe in science” do not condemn the attack on science, fact, and merit in their support of the goal of equity.  In doing so, they kowtow to the rule of the lowest common denominator.  Our “friends” in China are taking a different tack and must be amazed at our willingness to do harm to ourselves.  Check out this excellent article on how the U.S. is failing in the STEM race. https://quillette.com/2021/08/19/as-us-schools-prioritize-diversity-over-merit-china-is-becoming-the-worlds-stem-leader/