Is critical race theory the teaching of white guilt?

[Lycanmaster]

In a nutshell yes, although the cultural Marxists (who are really just Communists using race instead of class) will deny it with every fiber of their being.

[bertwrench]

Originally Posted by Hesychios

Is critical race theory the teaching of white guilt?

The facts are entirely neutral. Facts are facts - truth is truth.

CRT ignores the fact that POC have had slaves in the past. Right here in America, blacks and Indians had them. Blacks had them in Africa. Northern Africans enslaved white Europeans for about three centuries from the 1500s. CRT is based on a fallacy that somehow whites people are more evil than people with a different skin color. So, yes, CRT does teach racism against white people.

[jazzarama]

Originally Posted by Layden85

I am reading different things and listening to different people. I don’t know that is true.

Whatever you end up believing, don't trust anyone who tells you CRT is simply an academic approach limited to law schools or legal studies.

CRT emerged in the legal academy and spread to other fields of scholarship. It's now everywhere.

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/c...l-race-theory/

[Hesychios]

Originally Posted by usayit

You can however demonize the truth....

One side thinks acknowledging our country's racial past.

The side thinks its to teach white guilt.


"German collective guilt" is what comes to mind as a similar case...

For me this is personal.

I was over fifty years old when I discovered I had ancestors who owned slaves.

Of course I always knew I had an ancestor in the confederate cavalry, and a cousin of his was a captain of infantry who died at Corinth. I was very proud of my predecessors, but somehow the information about the slaves was not passed down to me. It was sobering to see the actual documents. I tried to imagine what it was like for those people, both the owners and the slaves.

I don't feel guilty about that at all, I have always lived an upright and moral life and what happened then is no reflection upon me. The truth makes one stronger.

I have made sure that among other things I share with my grandchildren I also share this kind of information, so that they are not under any fanciful illusions. We are all just human after all, flawed creatures, we make mistakes and we should be aware that we are still capable of making more mistakes just as serious. The key here is to learn from them.

[dman72]

Originally Posted by Hesychios

For me this is personal.

I was over fifty years old when I discovered I had ancestors who owned slaves.

Of course I always knew I had an ancestor in the confederate cavalry, and a cousin of his was a captain of infantry who died at Corinth. I was very proud of my predecessors, but somehow the information about the slaves was not passed down to me. It was sobering to see the actual documents. I tried to imagine what it was like for those people, both the owners and the slaves.

I don't feel guilty about that at all, I have always lived an upright and moral life and what happened then is no reflection upon me. The truth makes one stronger.

I have made sure that among other things I share with my grandchildren I also share this kind of information, so that they are not under any fanciful illusions. We are all just human after all, flawed creatures, we make mistakes and we should be aware that we are still capable of making more mistakes just as serious. The key here is to learn from them.

What is painfully obvious is that none of this current race hysteria has anything to do with "learning". Its simply a means to club any opposition to your ideas into submission. Their is no dialogue or conversation to be had. You are going to take your shame and shut your mouth. The nasty backlash is inevitable. If a lifelong Democrat like me feels like this....

[Hesychios]

Originally Posted by dman72

What is painfully obvious is that none of this current race hysteria has anything to do with "learning". Its simply a means to club any opposition to your ideas into submission. Their is no dialogue or conversation to be had. You are going to take your shame and shut your mouth. The nasty backlash is inevitable. If a lifelong Democrat like me feels like this....

It is not gainfully obvious to me.

This whole CRT kerfuffle has the hallmarks of manufactured outrage.

Critical race theory has been taught for decades at university level. But it was never about guilt, just awareness and understanding, and I don't know who started this claim that there is a big push to force it on elementary schools. It looks like some more faux outrage like over Dr Seuss and Mr Potato head and all of that nonsense. These are triggers to get people all riled up. We know that people are being played when this sort of thing comes up.