Did you take a class in critical race theory?

[Rhea]

I mean we are stuck with blacks here.

Or, they are stuck with you? You could always go back where you came from.

But seriously, this is a pretty vile comment. Did you mean something else?

 

[Politesse]

Nigga you know damn well everybody on this forum left school at least 3 decades before Critical Race Theory became a thing.

In the 1950s? Just how old do you think the average poster here is?

 

[repoman]

I mean we are stuck with blacks here.

Did really mean to say such a horrible thing?

of course

 

[Rhea]

Nigga you know damn well everybody on this forum left school at least 3 decades before Critical Race Theory became a thing.

In the 1950s? Just how old do you think the average poster here is?

Well when you consider that it may have been written in the seventies, but it didn’t “become a thing” until last week or so.

 

[crazyfingers]

I've never heard of it until recently through talking heads only, never through academic sources. I suspect it may be a thing in some liberal arts classes in college and some very few people have been exposed in that way to the concept. But I'd like to observe how frequent such past class attendance is here in the forum.

My last academic class was 35 years ago when I got out of grad school. Was anyone teaching it then?

However I at least came to know that the system is stacked for some people and against others. There is no other convincing reason for the pervasive and persistent inequities divided by race.

 

[Politesse]

Nigga you know damn well everybody on this forum left school at least 3 decades before Critical Race Theory became a thing.

In the 1950s? Just how old do you think the average poster here is?

Well when you consider that it may have been written in the sixties, but it didn’t “become a thing” until last week or so.

It didn't become the conservatives' latest punching bag until last month or so, but the school of study has been well-established since the late 1980s. Its obscurity is part of the reason it was so alluring to the neo-fascist crowd; they know perfectly well that most people have no idea what it is or what it teaches, so they can use it as a byword for anything they dislike.

It's very similar to the way they were using "Political Correctness" when I was in graduate school; a term with an academic meaning so esoteric it was easily eclipsed by the replacement concept advanced in rightwing rhetoric.

 

[crazyfingers]

I mean we are stuck with blacks here.

Did really mean to say such a horrible thing?

of course

Wow. I'll remember that.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

I've never heard of it until recently through talking heads only, never through academic sources. I suspect it may be a thing in some liberal arts classes in college and some very few people have been exposed in that way to the concept. But I'd like to observe how frequent such past class attendance is here in the forum.

My last academic class was 35 years ago when I got out of grad school. Was anyone teaching it then?

However I at least came to know that the system is stacked for some people and against others. There is no other convincing reason for the pervasive and persistent inequities divided by race.

Everything I am learning about when it came into being and went into classes is from this thread. I infer from this that it was in some college classes when both of us started taking classes. But perhaps this information is wrong.

A lot of people also continue their educations later and sometimes this is required for certifications etc. I did that during the last part of my career though it was technical and optional. If you look at the other thread about the psychiatrist she was also doing a lecture presumably to that type of older audience.

 

[Politesse]

I will say that within the social sciences generally, Critical Race Theory has become a common topic of discussion in graduate level courses since about the early 00's. I suspect that it is not common to dedicate an entire course to the subject, however, outside of the legal discipline in which it originated. This may be changing, as the conservatives have ironically raised a lot of public interest in what used to be a fairly obscure specialty, and university curriculum committees are apt to take popularity in mind in approving new specialized courses. Enrollment is funding.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

I will say that within the social sciences generally, Critical Race Theory has become a common topic of discussion in graduate level courses since about the early 00's. I suspect that it is not common to dedicate an entire course to the subject, however, outside of the legal discipline in which it originated. This may be changing, as the conservatives have ironically raised a lot of public interest in what used to be a fairly obscure specialty, and university curriculum committees are apt to take popularity in mind in approving new specialized courses. Enrollment is funding.

If anyone has taken a class where CRT was a major part of the curriculum so they can actually be counted on for reliable info, I think it would be fair for them to answer the op question in the affirmative.

I'm still not even sure what it is. Time to Wikipedia.

 

[untermensche]

I mean we are stuck with blacks here.

Did really mean to say such a horrible thing?

of course

We are all stuck with each other.

And many of us are insane.

 

[Politesse]

I will say that within the social sciences generally, Critical Race Theory has become a common topic of discussion in graduate level courses since about the early 00's. I suspect that it is not common to dedicate an entire course to the subject, however, outside of the legal discipline in which it originated. This may be changing, as the conservatives have ironically raised a lot of public interest in what used to be a fairly obscure specialty, and university curriculum committees are apt to take popularity in mind in approving new specialized courses. Enrollment is funding.

If anyone has taken a class where CRT was a major part of the curriculum so they can actually be counted on for reliable info, I think it would be fair for them to answer the op question in the affirmative.

I'm still not even sure what it is. Time to Wikipedia.

I'm qualified enough to comment on the theory generally, but that isn't quite the same thing as taking a class. They are definitely over-estimating how commonly this topic arises, especially at the elementary- and high-school level as has been alleged. I know a lot of college professors who've been scrambling for old notes in the last few weeks, anticipating the slough of confused questions from the public.

There are a plethora of decent think-pieces making the round these days, if you're interested in learning more about CRT. It's a bit of an advanced subject, but not beyond what most adults can reasonably understand if you're willing to wade through a bit of legal jargon.

Fundamentally, though, understanding CRT as scholars discuss the subject will not help you understand American conservative political uses of the term; the two concepts are nearly unrelated.

 

[bilby]

I will say that within the social sciences generally, Critical Race Theory has become a common topic of discussion in graduate level courses since about the early 00's. I suspect that it is not common to dedicate an entire course to the subject, however, outside of the legal discipline in which it originated. This may be changing, as the conservatives have ironically raised a lot of public interest in what used to be a fairly obscure specialty, and university curriculum committees are apt to take popularity in mind in approving new specialized courses. Enrollment is funding.

If anyone has taken a class where CRT was a major part of the curriculum so they can actually be counted on for reliable info, I think it would be fair for them to answer the op question in the affirmative.

I'm still not even sure what it is. Time to Wikipedia.

CRT is the television and computer monitor technology that preceded flat screens. It stands for 'Cathode Ray Tube'.

Hope this helps.

 

[Cheerful Charlie]

Unless you attended seminary and have a degree in divinity, you can’t critique the Bible.

That is idiotic and irrelevant. It doesn’t take much to criticise ideas that you don’t understand.

It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.
Mark Twain

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

I will say that within the social sciences generally, Critical Race Theory has become a common topic of discussion in graduate level courses since about the early 00's. I suspect that it is not common to dedicate an entire course to the subject, however, outside of the legal discipline in which it originated. This may be changing, as the conservatives have ironically raised a lot of public interest in what used to be a fairly obscure specialty, and university curriculum committees are apt to take popularity in mind in approving new specialized courses. Enrollment is funding.

If anyone has taken a class where CRT was a major part of the curriculum so they can actually be counted on for reliable info, I think it would be fair for them to answer the op question in the affirmative.

I'm still not even sure what it is. Time to Wikipedia.

CRT is the television and computer monitor technology that preceded flat screens. It stands for 'Cathode Ray Tube'.

Hope this helps.

Nice try, but as you can see conservative activists are three steps ahead of you.

Fox News:

A new digital book aims to help parents stand up against what has become known as "critical race theory," or CRT, teachings in U.S. schools.

Critics of CRT, which is formally understood as an academic and legal analysis of race recognizing racism as a systemic problem affecting certain areas of society, argue that the movement is divisive in classrooms and separates children into groups of oppressors versus oppressed, privileged and underprivileged.

"Rejecting critical race theory is one of the most important fights for conservative grassroots since the Tea Party movement," Jessica Anderson, executive director of conservative grassroots organization Heritage Action, told Fox News. "With the e-book Heritage Action is rolling out today, we are giving the power back to concerned parents by equipping them with information on what critical race theory is, how to spot it, and how to combat it in their communities.

I downloaded the e-book.

Here's the scoop. First, they link it indirectly back to Marx. And then America-haters and claims that all white people such-and-such and America must be dismantled. It's a terrible, superficial negative campaign with little substance.

Next, the News implied it was replete with examples of CRT in schools. Instead, it gives 1 example of a curriculum in NY that quotes half a sentence that does indeed sound consistent with the concepts of of CRT and that should not be taught unless 1 word could be changed to tone it down. That's 1 mere example. It also gives a different kind of example, of a school board in Louisiana with tons of quote-mining saying something extreme (but likely true) about America while using the phrase "systemic racism." And that's it. Those are the only examples.

For the next several pages, there are various pages directing all these concerned parents who have been tricked into doing the work of how to do FOIA requests and other stuff so that they can magnify this issue and do further quote-mining, etc, making these idiots come up with false stories and half-truths, and hyperbole, and in some cases finding a rare case of someone actually using a term like systemic racism. Then, all those will then be propagated into the news cycle etc, like with the alleged voting fraud facebook stories.

 

[Cheerful Charlie]

I will say that within the social sciences generally, Critical Race Theory has become a common topic of discussion in graduate level courses since about the early 00's. I suspect that it is not common to dedicate an entire course to the subject, however, outside of the legal discipline in which it originated. This may be changing, as the conservatives have ironically raised a lot of public interest in what used to be a fairly obscure specialty, and university curriculum committees are apt to take popularity in mind in approving new specialized courses. Enrollment is funding.

If anyone has taken a class where CRT was a major part of the curriculum so they can actually be counted on for reliable info, I think it would be fair for them to answer the op question in the affirmative.

I'm still not even sure what it is. Time to Wikipedia.

I'm qualified enough to comment on the theory generally, but that isn't quite the same thing as taking a class. They are definitely over-estimating how commonly this topic arises, especially at the elementary- and high-school level as has been alleged. I know a lot of college professors who've been scrambling for old notes in the last few weeks, anticipating the slough of confused questions from the public.

There are a plethora of decent think-pieces making the round these days, if you're interested in learning more about CRT. It's a bit of an advanced subject, but not beyond what most adults can reasonably understand if you're willing to wade through a bit of legal jargon.

Fundamentally, though, understanding CRT as scholars discuss the subject will not help you understand American conservative political uses of the term; the two concepts are nearly unrelated.

The problem with CRT, is that it has become a far right extremist scare tactic that is used to inflame right wingers for political reasons. To understand this, a main culprit in all of this is one Christopher Rufo, a right winged activist who has created this disinformation bugaboo and with the help of Faux Nooz and President Trump made it a powerful political movement.

https://www.alternet.org/2021/06/chris-rufo/

Here is a good start to understanding how this became an issue in far right politics.

 

[Trausti]

Unless you attended seminary and have a degree in divinity, you can’t critique the Bible.

That is idiotic and irrelevant. It doesn’t take much to criticise ideas that you don’t understand.

This was Thunderf00t’s response to YECs who said he lacked the biblical education to comment on creation: Bullshit is bullshit.

 

[Trausti]

I'm qualified enough to comment on the theory generally, but that isn't quite the same thing as taking a class. They are definitely over-estimating how commonly this topic arises, especially at the elementary- and high-school level as has been alleged. I know a lot of college professors who've been scrambling for old notes in the last few weeks, anticipating the slough of confused questions from the public.

There are a plethora of decent think-pieces making the round these days, if you're interested in learning more about CRT. It's a bit of an advanced subject, but not beyond what most adults can reasonably understand if you're willing to wade through a bit of legal jargon.

Fundamentally, though, understanding CRT as scholars discuss the subject will not help you understand American conservative political uses of the term; the two concepts are nearly unrelated.

The problem with CRT, is that it has become a far right extremist scare tactic that is used to inflame right wingers for political reasons. To understand this, a main culprit in all of this is one Christopher Rufo, a right winged activist who has created this disinformation bugaboo and with the help of Faux Nooz and President Trump made it a powerful political movement.

https://www.alternet.org/2021/06/chris-rufo/

Here is a good start to understanding how this became an issue in far right politics.

“far right extremist”

 

[Trausti]

 

[DrZoidberg]

Reminds me of Germany after WW2. The German's had a couple of memorial days where they all vigorously pretended to also be the victims of Hitler's genocide, as if Hitler had done everything on his own. The Jews apparently weren't worth any extra consideration by the Germans. Especially weird since the governmental apparatus was left pretty much intact. After the handful of commemorative laurels placed on the ruins of synagogues the general opinion was that there was no need to dwell on the past and it was time to look ahead. The survivors of the genocide and all the displaced Jews were left to sort the mess out on their own. The German state kept the seized property and money.

1951 Israel managed to squeeze $1.5 billion out of Germany. Did it go to any of the survivors? Nope. It went to the state of Israel. Paid out in installments over a lengthy period. Very very lengthy. They still haven't paid out in full. They're up to 1$ billion now.

In 2012 Germany agreed to pay $5 billion directly to survivors of forced labour camps, paid directly to whatever slave workers was still left alive. At most they could receive $7,500 each. I didn't find any records of how much of the money was claimed. But there can't be that many since, at the time, they were all well over 80 years old.

It's all been utterly unimpressive.

In the Holocaust they managed to murder every single gypsy in Germany. How much do you think the European Roma community have received to make up for this heinous crime? If you guessed €0, you'd be correct. Same deal for the gays. Or communists.

The majority culture after any serious civil rights crime will always downplay the damage they've done. That's standard operating procedure. We don't like to admit to the damage we do and in a vote about it the majority will all agree it wasn't much to worry about