Ryan Girdusky is the founder of the 1776 Project Political Action Committee which campaigns to stop the teaching of critical race theory in US schools.
He tells BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur that the theory is not just being taught, but also practised in public schools.
Watch the full interview on BBC iPlayer (UK only)
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