Good questions. I do not know if CRT was under another name before this. It comes out of the legal field from critical legal studies, when it made its way to academia (or at least when I became familiar with it as such) it was always CRT and considered more theoretical than applied.

I agree that the current way it is being taught, managed and written about (especially on the Medium platform) is not always in a manner that supports dialogue and is often perscriptive and dualistic (you are either this or that). My life work is about turning us and them into we so I am interested in how White folks think and feel while still speaking about the truth of lived experiences of BIPOC. When we can relate to each other out of our core identity as humans we are on the road to healing and solving these critical issues. My favorite definition of this work comes from Austin Channing Brown who says "The work of antiracism is being a better human for other humans." Thanks so much for engaging and doing the work with us.