Critical Race Theory 'I'm out'
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i am not sure what the fuss is aboout CRT, only I agree the name aint great. Seems to me a much less controversial stance that history has shaped a society that keeps a lot of people poor and disempowered through systemic policies that, especially in recent times, can are somewhat hard to see unless you deliberately draw focus to them.
It is far more scandelous an idea, in my view, that there is a level playing field and everyone has equal opportunity, and African Americans are somehow more stupid and lazy inherentely.
The same would apply to Indigenous Americans (and Australians) for that matter. History doesn't just affect the past, it is not something that finishes. We live the results of decisions made centuries ago as much as those made yesterday.
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Quote:I actually looked up the name because the name, per se, never made sense to me. "Critical" as in "criticism"? Or "critical" as in "crucial"?
Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
i am not sure what the fuss is aboout CRT, only I agree the name aint great. Seems to me a much less controversial stance that history has shaped a society that keeps a lot of people poor and disempowered through systemic policies that, especially in recent times, can are somewhat hard to see unless you deliberately draw focus to them.
It is far more scandelous an idea, in my view, that there is a level playing field and everyone has equal opportunity, and African Americans are somehow more stupid and lazy inherentely.
The same would apply to Indigenous Americans (and Australians) for that matter. History doesn't just affect the past, it is not something that finishes. We live the results of decisions made centuries ago as much as those made yesterday.
Happy New Year all btw
Even now, knowing the derivation, it STILL doesn't make sense. It was derived from "critical theory", which is a theory of society that criticizes how a society (mainly, its hierachy) is structured. Frankly, I don't see how that differs much from many other theories of society, since MANY theories of society criticize society in one way or another, including Marxism, socialism, and the various utopian constructs such as Hobbe's "Leviathan" and Rousseau's "Social Contract". So I personally think that whoever dreamed up "critical theory" and "critical race theory" were self-important little twits who puffed up their grotch as some sort of new-all-new line of thinking, but without the benefit of rigorous analysis.
Anyway ...
Yes, we are all products of history and decisions that were made a long time ago, not just our own personal decisions. Slavery has had a pernicious effect to this day. de Tocqueville made a prescient comment about slavery at the time. He said, by relegating work to slaves, it devalued work itself, leading to a culture of believing that work was something to be avoided bc it was only done by people who were forced into it. Kind of an anti-Protestant-work-ethic ethic.
Clearly, slavery created a whole colored class of people who were uneducated and impoverished. Even Sherman, who freed many slaves and had a rag-tag band of followers trailing his army and who PERSONALLY was never disrespectful to any, said he couldn't ue them bc their ignorance was so profound they would require too much training to be worth it.
They sounded different, looked different, acted different, had different ethics, and couldn't/ weren't allowed to blend in. During the great migration north to the industrialized cities, the predominantly white population had a hard time absorbing such a large number of "different" people who were still predominantly uneducated and rural. And racism was an active part of the culture that put up all kinds of barriers to equality: the north is, in practical terms, far more racist, with sharper dividing lines and greater economic differences between ethnic neighborhoods than the south.
As long as industry was booming blacks could find work at the lower rungs - doing the dirtiest, lowest-paid, work, but once industry cratered there were more people competing for fewer jobs and more unemployment among blacks. (Unemployment BTW is the USA's biggest challenge, and not just for blacks but for everyone.)
So you have a population that is somewhat isolated, embedded in what is now a consummerist, entitled culture (it's now what you do, but what you have, that counts) with the rewrds constantly dangled before them (in the form of ads) but without access to the jobs and education that would provide access to those rewards, and what has developed is a distinct subculture that, IMHO, has many negative features and very few, if any, positive ones. And rather than understanding
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Oh, and equal application of the law, regardless of color or wealth. If whites get a "pass" on smoking weed, so should blacks. OTOH, black neighborhoods need to be made safe
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Once again, criminality is linked to lack of legitimate oppty. Also,idle hands are the devil's playground. Meaningful jobs would really help so people wouldn't have to resort to dealing drugs etc. Home ownership might help too, since people would benefit from improving their property, and could use some time painting, rehabbing etc.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Quote:How equal.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Oh, and equal application of the law, regardless of color or wealth. If whites get a "pass" on smoking weed, so should blacks. OTOH, black neighborhoods need to be made safe
.
Once again, criminality is linked to lack of legitimate oppty. Also,idle hands are the devil's playground. Meaningful jobs would really help so people wouldn't have to resort to dealing drugs etc. Home ownership might help too, since people would benefit from improving their property, and could use some time painting, rehabbing etc.
If blacks get a pass on calling others niggers, do whites get treated the same?
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Yep, they should. No special treatment for any category of people.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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CRT enthusiasts keep saying there is no CRT in our schools.
So now why are they whining about the new VA Gov banning CRT from the schools - if it really isn't in schools already?
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Quote:Did you look up what is being banned? I did and I don't think the legal language of the ban does what you hope it does, but that is assuming the Superintendent of Public Instruction doesn't just disregard the words in the ban and go crazy by arbitrarily and capriciously burning books just to burn books:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
CRT enthusiasts keep saying there is no CRT in our schools.
So now why are they whining about the new VA Gov banning CRT from the schools - if it really isn't in schools already?
For the purposes of this Executive order “inherently divisive concepts” means advancing any ideas in violation of Title IV and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, including, but not limited to of the following concepts
(i) one race, skin color, ethnicity, sex, or faith is inherently superior to another race, skin color, ethnicity, sex, or faith;
(ii) an individual, by virtue of his or her race, skin color, ethnicity, sex or faith, is racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or subconsciously,
(iii) an individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of his or her race, skin color, ethnicity, sex or faith,
(iv) members of one race, ethnicity, sex or faith cannot and should not attempt to treat others as individuals without respect to race, sex or faith,
(v) an individual's moral character is inherently determined by his or her race, skin color, ethnicity, sex, or faith,
(vi) an individual, by virtue of his or her race, skin color, ethnicity, sex, or faith, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race, ethnicity, sex or faith,
(vii) meritocracy or traits, such as a hard work ethic, are racist or sexist or were created by a particular race to oppress another race.
See https://www.governor.virginia.gov/news-releases/2022/january/name-9185
19-en.html to get the link to the executive order.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Quote:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:How equal.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Oh, and equal application of the law, regardless of color or wealth. If whites get a "pass" on smoking weed, so should blacks. OTOH, black neighborhoods need to be made safe
.
Once again, criminality is linked to lack of legitimate oppty. Also,idle hands are the devil's playground. Meaningful jobs would really help so people wouldn't have to resort to dealing drugs etc. Home ownership might help too, since people would benefit from improving their property, and could use some time painting, rehabbing etc.
If blacks get a pass on calling others niggers, do whites get treated the same?
P.S. He was removed from commenting on tonight's UFC fights by Disney/ESPN.
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Hey, Ted...
We've gone from "CRT doesn't exist", to "teaching CRT in schools isn't an attack on white people."
Yes, CNN. Yes it is.
Archived link to CNN, because fuck CNN and it needs to die: https://archive.ph/6b45C
They only mention "CRT" once in the article, the second to last fucking word of the last sentence.
Fuck CNN, and every pedophile rapist that works there.
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