The purpose is to deracinate white students, infuse them with guilt, and base advancement on victim status in place of merit. As whites comprise merely 30% of California's population, they are an easy mark for second class citizenship. https://www.theepochtimes.com/how-critical-race-theory-is-changing-the-california-classroom-dr-wenyuan-wu-premiering-on-5-16-at-6pm-et_3817434.html?utm_source=News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-2021-05-17-1&est=%2BwpkRz7YfDOJmEHCDipPLgH2idy%2BdGx0BNX6YuryORNR61Cy5lRGtA%3D%3D 

California public response was greatly opposed to the critical race theory mandate, but the far left ideologues running the educational system ignored the public, proving once again that government policy is divorced from the people's wishes.

In many states, especially blue ones, critical race theory, if not a state mandate, is mandated by many local school systems. Whites are everywhere being turned against themselves.