Yiatin Chu, an Asian mother of two and co-chair of the New York City chapter of the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR), said that critical race theory is “racist” and is having a harmful impact on schoolchildren. In an interview with NTD’s “Focus Talk,” Chu acknowledged the presence of racism in the United States, but disputed the notion of systemic racism, a concept pushed by critical race theory advocates. “As a whole, going through the New York City public school system, as an immigrant, as someone who didn’t even speak English when I first started, I would say it’s actually a very good system, a very caring and open system,” she said. “I don’t think that there is systemic racism built into our New York City public schools.” Chu described critical race theory as the idea that disparate outcomes, such as academic competency, can be reduced to a single …