SunAh revisits her conversation with Dr. Victor Ray about his book On Critical Race Theory: Why It Matters & Why You Should Care. Dr. Victor Ray, Associate Professor in the Departments of Sociology and Criminology and African American Studies at the University of Iowa and and a Nonresident Fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution.. Over the past couple years, we’ve seen a moral panic around “critical race theory” resulting in changes to K-12 curriculum and legislation around divisive concepts in higher education. But, what exactly is critical race theory? Dr. Ray breaks it down in easy-to-understand language with real world applications.