The governor has presented a large amount of evidence to back up his claims throughout his support of the ban. Additionally, critical race theory does claim that America is an unjust society and aims to divide people into arbitrary groups based on race.

Critical Rae theory is a methodology for examining and underlying practices, not a monolithic thing. As the ABA notes, the term itself describes a practice (verbal) not a thing (noun). Applications and viewpoints of pervasive racism differ among its practitioners.

Florida banned public schools teaching critical race theory, which examines the long-term impacts of white supremacy and slavery, including institutional racism today. The governor claims without evidence that it teaches children "to hate our country and to hate each other."