Critical race theory
Critical race theory inspired many arguments in the United States. The first were in the 1980s.  People argued about the way critical race theory questioned color blindness.  Color blindness, in this article, means the idea that one person can completely ignore another person's race and treat them fairly no matter what.  People also argued about how critical race theory used narrative in legal studies, advocating "legal instrumentalism" instead of ideal-driven uses of the law.  People also argued about how critical race theory looked at the U.S. Constitution and other laws and they way they hleped white people keep power over other people.  People also argued about how critical race theory encourages legal scholars to work for racial equity. One example of an instrumentalist approach is when lawyer Johnnie Cochran's defended O. J. Simpson in the O. J. Simpson murder case. Cochran told the jury to say Simpson was not guilty of killing his ex wife and her friend, even though there was evidence against him as payback for the way the United States and the Los Angeles Police department had treated black people.  This was a form of jury nullification. Before and after the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump opposed the teaching of critical race theory in schools as part of his platform.  Other conservative politicians did so too on Fox News and right-wing radio shows.