Did you take a class in critical race theory?

[none]

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

What reminds of of this commentary you've presented?

 

[DrZoidberg]

What reminds of of this commentary you've presented?

Critical race theory as a subject and systematic racism. Which is what critical race theory is about.

 

[none]

What reminds of of this commentary you've presented?

Critical race theory as a subject and systematic racism. Which is what critical race theory is about.

From what I can tell..
"Critical Race Theory" by the professionals that gave it the name... admit that it is not a subject but a method to address legal issues in the framework it was presented..

 

[DrZoidberg]

What reminds of of this commentary you've presented?

Critical race theory as a subject and systematic racism. Which is what critical race theory is about.

From what I can tell..
"Critical Race Theory" by the professionals that gave it the name... admit that it is not a subject but a method to address legal issues in the framework it was presented..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criti...(CRT) is,liberal approaches to racial justice.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

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.

Common Core was the devil's spawn, and then CRT appeared in their sight (shortly after the killing of Floyd) and they immediately started targeting that.

CRT does seem to have a lot more people criticizing it than know what it is. Those "critical" seem to find the person that wants to extrapolate CRT to extreme ends and use that to foil against.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

What reminds of of this commentary you've presented?

Critical race theory as a subject and systematic racism. Which is what critical race theory is about.

Some whites (a minority) aren't in denial about what has happened. They want what happened to happen again. And there are other whites fanning those flames for power. This isn't like post WWII Germany at all. We are more like pre WWII Germany.

 

[Gospel]

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?

I take it as an admission that repoman has no plans of committing genocide. So I guess it's a good thing?

 

[laughing dog]

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.

No one disagrees with the tautology that bullshit is bullshit. Criticism driven by ignorance is bullshit.

 

[laughing dog]

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”

I don't know if this woman is a far right extremist but anyone who claims all institutions are pledging undying loyalty to CRT is too full of shit to be taken seriously.

 

[laughing dog]

I watched the first 60 seconds, and if this represents your view of CRT, then my observation about how easy it is for the ignorant to criticise an idea is validated.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Next up, YouTube videos that mock how stupid evolution is.

 

[Trausti]

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

No one disagrees with the tautology that bullshit is bullshit. Criticism driven by ignorance is bullshit.

Right. It's ignorant to think that teaching young people to emphasis their race and to see one another as oppressor and oppressed is a good idea. Super fucking ignorant.

 

[Trausti]

I watched the first 60 seconds, and if this represents your view of CRT, then my observation about how easy it is for the ignorant to criticise an idea is validated.

“The only remedy to racist discrimination is antiracist discrimination. The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination. The only remedy to present discrimination is future discrimination.”

Is this not CRT?

 

[Trausti]

Again. How can anyone support this shit?

Audio Shows Grace Church Head Teacher Admitting 'We're Demonizing White People for Being Born'

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[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

“The only remedy to racist discrimination is antiracist discrimination. The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination. The only remedy to present discrimination is future discrimination.”

Is this not CRT?

If this is where you got your education, then you should have clicked Yes to the op survey.

 

[laughing dog]

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

No one disagrees with the tautology that bullshit is bullshit. Criticism driven by ignorance is bullshit.

Right. It's ignorant to think that teaching young people to emphasis their race and to see one another as oppressor and oppressed is a good idea. Super fucking ignorant.

It is ignorant to think that is CRT.

 

[laughing dog]

“The only remedy to racist discrimination is antiracist discrimination. The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination. The only remedy to present discrimination is future discrimination.”

Is this not CRT?

It is not.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

If any other conservatives got their education about CRT from this youtube video, feel free to click Yes in the op survey. Just mention in the thread this guy was your college professor.

 

[ZiprHead]

A Lesson on Critical Race Theory

From the American Bar Association.

CRT is not a diversity and inclusion “training” but a practice of interrogating the role of race and racism in society that emerged in the legal academy and spread to other fields of scholarship. Crenshaw—who coined the term “CRT”—notes that CRT is not a noun, but a verb. It cannot be confined to a static and narrow definition but is considered to be an evolving and malleable practice. It critiques how the social construction of race and institutionalized racism perpetuate a racial caste system that relegates people of color to the bottom tiers. CRT also recognizes that race intersects with other identities, including sexuality, gender identity, and others. CRT recognizes that racism is not a bygone relic of the past. Instead, it acknowledges that the legacy of slavery, segregation, and the imposition of second-class citizenship on Black Americans and other people of color continue to permeate the social fabric of this nation.

Much much more in the link.

 

[Trausti]

“The only remedy to racist discrimination is antiracist discrimination. The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination. The only remedy to present discrimination is future discrimination.”

Is this not CRT?

It is not.

Holy Shit!

You're saying this guy

who wrote this book

doesn't know what CRT is?

You should've checked the quote first.

So can we agree that his ideas are abhorrent and shouldn't be forced on school children?