*Tennessee recently passed anti–Critical Race Theory legislation, banning educators from teaching students that any individuals are "inherently privileged, sexist, or oppressive" based on their race or sex.*

Clearly no person is "inherently" sexist, because that is an attitude. Likewise, no person is "inherently" oppressive, because oppression is a matter of conduct. Schools should never teach things like that, and I can't criticize those two points in Tennessee's law.

It is clearly true in our society that some people are given more baseline privilege regardless of what they say or do. Is it right to say that they are "inherently" privileged? I think not: the privilege is inherent in the system, not in the person.

However, that is a subtle distinction, and I can easily imagine that white supremacist Tennessee officials might disregard it and punish a teacher for teaching the facts about racism.