Mark Wilson/Getty Images 18 Jul 2021 Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson slammed the teaching of Critical Race Theory to children during a speech at Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit on Sunday. “Critical race theory, the 1619 Project, what is that really about? It’s about dividing people. It’s about creating the kind of division and strife that allows control. We’ve all heard the phrase, ‘divide and conquer.’ That’s what it’s about,” he said. He said kids should be taught that slavery was not unique to the United States, but that the U.S. is unique in that it fought a civil war to end it.