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Critical Race Theory: What is it ```
The following is adapted from a lecture delivered at Hillsdale College on March 30, 2021.
Critical race theory is fast becoming America’s new institutional orthodoxy. Yet most Americans have never heard of it—and of those who have, many don’t understand it. It’s time for this to change. We need to know what it is so we can know how to fight it.
In explaining critical race theory, it helps to begin with a brief history of Marxism. Originally, the Marxist Left built its political program on the theory of class conflict. Marx believed that the primary characteristic of industrial societies was the imbalance of power between capitalists and workers. The solution to that imbalance, according to Marx, was revolution: the workers would eventually gain consciousness of their plight, seize the means of production, overthrow the capitalist class, and usher in a new socialist society
Critical Race Theory: What is it ```
The following is adapted from a lecture delivered at Hillsdale College on March 30, 2021.
Critical race theory is fast becoming America’s new institutional orthodoxy. Yet most Americans have never heard of it—and of those who have, many don’t understand it. It’s time for this to change. We need to know what it is so we can know how to fight it.
In explaining critical race theory, it helps to begin with a brief history of Marxism. Originally, the Marxist Left built its political program on the theory of class conflict. Marx believed that the primary characteristic of industrial societies was the imbalance of power between capitalists and workers. The solution to that imbalance, according to Marx, was revolution: the workers would eventually gain consciousness of their plight, seize the means of production, overthrow the capitalist class, and usher in a new socialist society
I also get Imprimis. I don't believe in much of anything conservative for the most part but I actually kind of like Hillsdale College's model. They made themselves into a brand and use that to fund the school without taking federal money or student loans. I respect that. Their politics are a bunch of claptrap but I actually like their philosophical methodology. And they put online classes on the web for free. So I occasionally support them.
Long story short, the right wing is obsessed with race right now. By that I mean obsessively complaining about liberals studying racial issues, to include CRT. It's all over right wing publications at the moment.
I also get Imprimis. I don't believe in much of anything conservative for the most part but I actually kind of like Hillsdale College's model. They made themselves into a brand and use that to fund the school without taking federal money or student loans. I respect that. Their politics are a bunch of claptrap but I actually like their philosophical methodology. And they put online classes on the web for free. So I occasionally support them.
Long story short, the right wing is obsessed with race right now. By that I mean obsessively complaining about liberals studying racial issues, to include CRT. It's all over right wing publications at the moment.
Can you elaborate on why you think their politics is a bunch of, as you put it, 'claptrap?'
The cirriculum, to my understanding, includes study of the US Constitution.
And thanks to the OP for the link. Saw it on FB yesterday. The article is definitely worth a read.
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