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Two contradictory falsehoods about Critical Race Theory (CRT) pop up again and again: that it’s just teaching about racism, and that it’s not even in our schools. CRT defenders from MSNBC host Joy Reid to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar insist it’s just an esoteric theory discussed in law schools, and that conservatives are complaining about a phantom. If only we would read the real critical race theorists, they say, instead of listening to right-wing ideologues, then we’d understand what CRT really is, and the preposterousness of imagining that it’s become an essential part of public school curricula.
Harvard professor Jarvis Givens contends that CRT is just “about teaching the history of racial inequality and the history of racism.” Similarly, Anne Applebaum at The Atlantic argues that the recent slate of CRT bans point to a “consensus in a segment of the Republican Party” that “schoolchildren should not be taught the history of racism in America.”
In reality, these contentions are demonstrably false. Critical Race Theory is radical in its outlook and fully present in American schools.
It's not just "teaching history," and it's ignorant or dishonest to assert such.
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Critics of Critical Race Theory are concerned with its radical revisionism—and rightly so. Kimberlé Crenshaw, credited as a founder of CRT, says the quiet part out loud: CRT’s roots, she writes, are a mix of “neo-Marxism, postmodernism, liberal integrationism, radical feminism, leftist Black nationalism and the like.” Regarding their aims, Richard Delgado—co-author of the authoritative textbook on critical race and legal theory—wrote, “Critical race theory questions the very foundations of the liberal order, including equality theory, legal reasoning, enlightenment rationalism, and neutral principles of constitutional law.”
CRT is not just an attempt to promote a deeper account of U.S. history or to use race as one of many “lenses” to analyze contemporary American politics, but attacks foundational Enlightenment principles like meritocracy, rationality, and objectivity. Gloria Ladson Billings, the University of Wisconsin professor who introduced CRT into education, wrote that the doctrine is fundamentally a critique of liberalism and “its emphasis on incrementalism.” Early theorists were self-conscious radicals, presenting CRT as a framework to explain how traditional liberal democratic ideals stymied racial progress over time. “CRT argues that racism requires sweeping changes,” writes Billings.
You're wasting your time, posting that in this forum. The people you're arguing against only parrot cable news talking points, and they're convinced that those talking points are reality.
It's not just "teaching history," and it's ignorant or dishonest to assert such.
Dishonest.
Another trick they use is to say it is not in every school.
1) It will never be in every school since the opposite of every could be literally just one school does not teach it.
2) The bigger lie is of course this is only in college.
Of course this crap in college IMHO is a violation of the first amendment because it compels white people to confess [fake] sins.
Further. Students should have the right to be apolitical. According to Kendi, even being apolitical is being racist.
It is terrible to poison children at a young age with racial garbage of resentment . Telling white kids they are all racists and oppressors of blacks. Then to top that is telling black children they are being oppressed because of their skin color. What a terrible thing to say to black children.
How can that possibly be helpful to them in this life? All children should be told that skies the limit and nothing can stop them from achieving their dreams. Negative thinking is not the path of success. It is believing in oneself and their self worth and nurturing their God given gifts of freedom, advancement and keep going after their dreams. Putting any false roadblocks into children is so wrong. Each child should have their dreams supported with inspiration and faith in themselves .
CRT is poison to all children. It must be defeated and removed from all schools and children.
It is terrible to poison children at a young age with racial garbage of resentment . Telling white kids they are all racists and oppressors of blacks. Then to top that is telling black children they are being oppressed because of their skin color. What a terrible thing to say to black children.
How can that possibly be helpful to them in this life? All children should be told that skies the limit and nothing can stop them from achieving their dreams. Negative thinking is not the path of success. It is believing in oneself and their self worth and nurturing their God given gifts of freedom, advancement and keep going after their dreams. Putting any false roadblocks into children is so wrong. Each child should have their dreams supported with inspiration and faith in themselves .
CRT is poison to all children. It must be defeated and removed from all schools and children.
And how are black and white students supposed to become friends if their brainwashed teachers are telling them that the black student is being oppressed by the white student? They are trying to keep us divided all the way from childhood so they can pit us against each other for their own means.
Critics of Critical Race Theory are concerned with its radical revisionism—and rightly so. Kimberlé Crenshaw, credited as a founder of CRT, says the quiet part out loud: CRT’s roots, she writes, are a mix of “neo-Marxism, postmodernism, liberal integrationism, radical feminism, leftist Black nationalism and the like.” Regarding their aims, Richard Delgado—co-author of the authoritative textbook on critical race and legal theory—wrote, “Critical race theory questions the very foundations of the liberal order, including equality theory, legal reasoning, enlightenment rationalism, and neutral principles of constitutional law.”
Here is the actual "in context" quote that was lifted in the right wing article. It comes from a review of CRT that was written in the Connecticut Law review in 2011. The article is about the history of CRT and this particular section is about how CRT came about. She is describing the incubation period that occurred after there were issues at Harvard Law School regarding classes (or lack thereof) regarding courses regarding who minorities are effected by the legal system post civil rights movement.
Quote:
In the context of these ongoing dialogues, there were loose factions
within CLS roughly corresponding to various ideological leanings, but also
crosscut by informal identity groups. Thus, while there were the white
male heavies, feminists, the emerging race crits, the “after-identity” crits,
there were also allegiances between and among these groups in terms of
individual sympathies (or allergies) to neo-Marxism, post-modernism,
liberal integrationism, radical feminism, leftist Black nationalism and the
like.
the other quote Absolom lifted is from this same law review article and is also somewhat out of context.
Yeah funny how CRT went from its “not being taught in schools” to “it doesn't exist”
It doesn't exist in schools, it only exists in the minds of the right wing. Starting off a thread with a comment from a Harvard right wing site isn't convincing anyone that it is included in High School curriculum.
And how are black and white students supposed to become friends if their brainwashed teachers are telling them that the black student is being oppressed by the white student? They are trying to keep us divided all the way from childhood so they can pit us against each other for their own means.
Instead of uniting us, the president of our country divides us with lies, fear, and distrust by saying the biggest threat our nation faces is white supremacy…..
Democrats need to keep blacks angry and afraid so they show up in elections.
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