Critical race theory (CRT) rejects the principle of equal opportunity. Supporters of CRT contend equal opportunity is a myth, not a reality, and that those who pursue equal opportunity are terribly misguided.

It was Saturday night, Aug. 14, 1943, when the Allies shelled my father’s village along the southern coast in Italy. From their ships in the Mediterranean Sea, the naval bombardment from the Allies was brutal – over 1,000 shells were fired in less than 20 minutes.

While this virus was first discovered in 1947, it was only the cause of small and sporadic outbreaks in Africa and southeast Asia prior to 2007. Since 2007, the virus has slowly marched across the South Pacific Islands, and it reached South America in 2013 or 2014.