Mississippi’s governor announced that he wants the state Legislature to ban critical race theory and related ideologies from taxpayer-funded classrooms. “There has been a push from radical leftists across the nation to teach children a vicious lie: that this country is fundamentally racist and that your skin color makes you inherently racist,” Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, wrote in his Fiscal Year 2023 Executive Budget Recommendation (pdf). Reeves noted those “two core principles” comprise critical race theory, which is partially derived from the Marxist-inspired critical theory school of thought formed in the 1930s. “It runs contrary to basic history,” Reeves argued. “It is purely propaganda for a group that wants to accumulate power by dividing American children into victims and oppressors. Elite power-seekers want to be seen as saviors, so they attempt to divide, humiliate, and indoctrinate our children.” While it’s fine to teach about basic American history—including failures and …