Joi Chaney sits down with Jelani Cobb to Debunk Myths and Around Critical Race Theory
By National Urban League
Published01 AM EDT, Fri Apr 25, 2025

his week, Joi Chaney, our Executive Director and Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy, sits down with Jelani Cobb, historian and author who currently works as a staff writer at the New Yorker. Together, they debunk myths and misinformation around critical race theory, a term that, although coined in the 1980s, has regai