Critical race theory (1 Viewer)

[DaveXA]

Frankly, I'm completely ignorant when it comes to the Critical Race Theory curriculum. What is it, where does it come from, and is it legitimate? Has anyone here read it and maybe give a quick summary?

If this has been covered in another thread, then I missed it.

 

[Paul]

I'm not really getting that conclusion from what you quoted.



This doesn't sound like it's saying all activities in Western nations are based on White Supermacy.

On a personal note I think the term systemic racism is exaggerated so we agree. However, I believe the CRT fans think the entire system is racist. If they say otherwise they are being deceptive.

 

[Paul]

I wouldn't call it hateful, but I am at a loss; what does math have to do with racism? There is no racism in mathematics. How do you deconstruct something that is not there? If anything, math is as universal a language as there is. What's the equation or algorithm that makes visible the toxic characteristics of white supremacy?

I am as baffled as you are. Hopefully this goes nowhere.

 

[brandon]

However, I believe the CRT fans think the entire system is racist. If they say otherwise they are being deceptive.

There is a third possibility: you don’t actually know what Critical Race Theory is.

 

[Paul]

I'm not really getting that conclusion from what you quoted.



This doesn't sound like it's saying all activities in Western nations are based on White Supermacy.

OK, I found a couple of interviews with Derrick Bell the father of CRT. He confirms CRT is all about the fact that the entire West is permeated with racism and white supremacy. He also admits that this realization leads to despair. I believe it would be cruel to impose this on children.

 

[Paul]

There is a third possibility: you don’t actually know what Critical Race Theory is.

I just posted two videos where Derrick Bell (the founder of CRT) talks about it. I am no expert on CRT but Bell confirmed that they believe the entire system is permeated with white supremacy. I was not wrong about this. However, If you think Derrick Bell changed his tune before dying I would like to see the evidence. I am always willing to correct my position.

 

[brandon]

they believe the entire system is permeated with white supremacy.

That’s not the part you’re wrong about.

 

[Paul]

That’s not the part you’re wrong about.

OK, please enlighten me. I only know I know nothing. Who said that?
Thanks

 

[Optimus Prime]

Link to the Reddit thread:

just few things to add to this

Imagine it's not just a hotel it’s THE hotel in the area. The kind of place where celebrities and presidents stay when they come to town and have for decades. it's one of those hotels that has a lot of local civic pride and a long history

the new owners would like make updates to the hotel but it would cost XX millions of dollars, and the construction would be loud, disruptive and take a long time

Any changes made, hell, any changes suggested brings a firestorm of angry criticism. "how DARE you think about changing this historic iconic landmark?!", "There's nothing wrong with the hotel, it's fine just the way it is", "The disabled have gotten along okay not coming to this hotel for decades, why accommodate them now?"

Then people who've never stayed at the hotel, never given a second thought to the hotel are now holding picket signs and yelling at local meetings.

People say things like,

"I stay at that hotel every time I'm in town and I don't hate disabled people so there's nothing wrong with it",

"My next door neighbor is disabled and never once has said that she wished she could stay here"

"There is a hotel 3 miles away that is ADA approved and they have access to the same tourist attractions, shopping and restaurants. They have their own hotel why change this one?"

 

[SystemShock]

I only know I know nothing. Who said that?

 

[Optimus Prime]

There was slavery and it was bad and Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves

There was racism and it was bad and Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks ended racism (with a little LBJ thrown in)

In February we added Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman and George Washington Carver

I grew up in liberal Montgomery County in usually blue Maryland and didn't learn much more than this

This was in the 80s and 90s but it sure doesn't seem that things are much different

 

[Paul]

There was slavery and it was bad and Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves

There was racism and it was bad and Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks ended racism (with a little LBJ thrown in)

In February we added Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman and George Washington Carver

I grew up in liberal Montgomery County in usually blue Maryland and didn't learn much more than this

This was in the 80s and 90s but it sure doesn't seem that things are much different

I think black history is American history and should be taught 24/7.

 

[zztop]

So I guess this is why it suddenly became such a hot topic

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/06/24/critical-race-theory-fox-news/

The concept has been around for more than 40 years, according to EducationWeek, but it has become a major programming theme on Fox News only in recent months as parents, buoyed by conservative activists and groups, have vocally opposed the teaching of the theory - or something similar to it - in schools throughout the country. Republican-led state legislatures have voted to outlaw it.

The term "critical race theory" was mentioned just 132 times on Fox News shows in 2020. In 2021, it has been mentioned 1,860 times, according to a tally using the media monitoring service Critical Mention.

After being mentioned just 51 times in February, it was mentioned 139 times in March and 314 times in April. It really blew up in May, when it was mentioned 589 times on the network's shows.

In June, the topic has been mentioned 737 times on Fox.

 

[MT15]

Yes, it is a cynical campaign by the right.

 

[V Chip]

Prager U with the crème de la crème of self-owns.

 

[DaveXA]

Prager U with the crème de la crème of self-owns.

Lol.

 

[Optimus Prime]

good article on why CRT exploded this year, and just how obscure it really is
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I have forgotten more about race than most people have ever known.

Apologies if that sounds like braggadocio, but there’s a point that needs making. I’ve spent the better part of 40 years researching and writing about the history and dynamics of race in America — and 63 years living them. I know this terrain well.

Yet until maybe six months ago, I had never heard of “critical race theory.”

It has since become inescapable, of course — panicked Republicans marching in the streets under signs demanding, “Stop Critical Race Theory Now!” while states like Oklahoma, Texas, Florida and Tennessee rush to pass laws protecting children from its depredations. Nikki Haley believes critical race theory “is going to hold back generations of young people.” Author Mark Levin says it’s about “destroying the existing society.” Tucker Carlson calls it a “poison” that will end civilization as we know it.

One almost expects critical race theory to come lumbering over the horizon like Godzilla, swatting away fighter jets like gnats as grim-faced generals ponder the advisability of using nukes.

And yet — it bears repeating — as recently as January, this avowed expert in racial dynamics had never heard of it. Nor am I the only one. Last week, I surveyed a handful of people like me: African-American journalists with long experience in the field of race. Only one claimed detailed prior knowledge of critical race theory. As to the rest?

“Heard the phrase for the first time this year,” said one.

“I had heard the term vaguely,” said another.

“NEVER,” said yet another.

Small wonder. A search of the Nexis database finds that the term “critical race theory” appeared in U.S. newspapers 1,361 times in the 21 years between January 2000 and New Year’s Day, 2021. It has appeared 6,000 times in the six months since............

Leonard Pitts Jr.: They fear nothing quite so much as the loss of whiteness and its privileges

 

[Farb]

Prager U with the crème de la crème of self-owns.

They are not wrong.

 

[brandon]

They are not wrong.

(That's the self-own.)