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So? I have no interest in compelling them or converting them, I'm simply pointing out without a testable thesis, and/or and remediation process that can be shown to have replicable results, that the political process is not the correct forum for them to impose their untested philosophies on others with the force of law. We, as a nation, wisely decided that religious questions are settled in the individual conscience and each of us as freedom of belief, but, we do not impose such things, or settle such things in the political arena.. . . from my limited research on CRT. . . .We, the American People do not settle religious matters through political processes, religious matters are resolved in the individual conscience.
PRECISELY!
I mean, a lot of us have heard from the left, and from scholars bit and pieces of it. . . but we still don't really know the finer points of it.
We have posters on here claiming that blacks "can't be racist," because, well, they are black, and blacks, because their are oppressed, and by definition (according to 'critical race theory' cannot be racist,) yet, most of us do not have the full spectrum of this theory. I believe, CRT relies heavily, not on objective, quantified analyis, but personal experience. . . which from the long history of all social science research and theory, has never been how thing have been practiced or how things have been done. IOW, it's all subjective.
What I find really alarming? If one wants to self-educate on this finer intricacies of this theory? It is largely hidden from the public, much like foreign language religious texts. You have to have paid memberships to academic journals, because journalists on the left won't write articles to tell the pubic the truth about what is going on.
Now that Trump has called this out, I have seen some articles written on it from the right. . . But I am not sure I entirely trust the slant from the conservatives. From their point of view? They claim that Critical Race Theory posits that every white person is a racist whether they want to be or not? WTF?!
From the research I have been able to do, this is what I have compiled, from the right, left and center. PLEASE, if you have anything helpful the add, please do so.
FROM THE RIGHT:
Pull up a chair and let John MacArthur perfectly summarize the cancer of Critical Race Theory for you
Pull up a chair and let John MacArthur perfectly summarize the cancer of Critical Race Theory for you
School is in session! Please be seated, class.notthebee.com
". . .We all acknowledge that racism exists and that it is a manifestation of the sin of partiality which the Bible directly condemns (James 2:9). The racism of CRT is very different. In case you are not familiar with CRT, it is the vicious, pernicious, and virulent brand of identity politics that results when neo-Marxist social philosophy is blended with postmodern theory. The CRT credo includes the following poisonous doctrines:
What is the critical race theory?
What is the critical race theory, and how should a Christian view it? | GotQuestions.org
What is the critical race theory, and how should a Christian view it? Is the critical race theory compatible with a Christian/biblical worldview?www.gotquestions.org
"Question: "What is the critical race theory, and how should a Christian view it?"
Answer: Critical race theory is a modern approach to social change, developed from the broader critical theory, which developed out of Marxism. Critical race theory (CRT) approaches issues such as justice, racism, and inequality, with a specific intent of reforming or reshaping society. In practice, this is applied almost exclusively to the United States. Critical race theory is grounded in several key assumptions. Among these are the following:
• American government, law, culture, and society are inherently and inescapably racist.
• Everyone, even those without racist views, perpetuates racism by supporting those structures.
• The personal perception of the oppressed—their “narrative”—outweighs the actions or intents of others.
• Oppressed groups will never overcome disadvantages until the racist structures are replaced.
• Oppressor race or class groups never change out of altruism; they only change for self-benefit.
• Application of laws and fundamental rights should be different based on the race or class group of the individual(s) involved.
In short, critical race theory presupposes that everything about American society is thoroughly racist, and minority groups will never be equal until American society is entirely reformed. This position is extremely controversial, even in secular circles. Critical race theory is often posed as a solution to white supremacy or white nationalism. Yet, in practice, it essentially does nothing other than inverting the oppressed and oppressor groups.
From a political standpoint, critical race theory closely aligns with concepts such as communism, Marxism, nationalism, progressivism, intersectionality, and the modern version of social justice. Strictly speaking, the Bible neither commands nor forbids Christians regarding specific political parties or philosophies. However, believers are obligated to reject any aspect of a philosophy that conflicts with biblical ideals. Critical race theory is deeply rooted in worldviews that are entirely incompatible with the Bible. . . . "
FROM THE LEFT (Much more difficult to find, and less informative):
What Is Critical Race Theory and Why Is Trump Afraid of It?
His attacks are attempt to reach those who repudiate the symbols and premises of white supremacy but worry that anti-racist advocacy can go “too far.”
What Is Critical Race Theory and Why Is Trump Afraid of It?
His attacks are attempt to reach those who repudiate the symbols and premises of white supremacy but worry that anti-racist advocacy can go “too far.”www.thenation.com
" . . ..The focus of Critical Race Theory is on the way that race is baked into the current political, economic, and social system so that racial subordination is reproduced through normal operations, often without regard to intent. White privilege, particularly white elite privilege, is not a fantasy but a bulwark that has thwarted the egalitarian ideals cited so often as American values, and justified an economic order that benefits the few at the expense of the many.
The national narrative of color blindness and racial progress, cultivated over the past several decades, has been ruptured as a result of epic failures in addressing two crises—the Covid-19 pandemic, and the unrelenting carnage of anti-black violence. Black Lives Matter, the call through which resistance has been shaped, has gone from the virtually unspeakable to ubiquitous mantra and symbol. One might think that the terrain has shifted, and that anti-racism, and specifically anti-blackness could be named and addressed as such. But you would be mistaken. The OMB memo is only the latest example of the same old song of anti-anti-racism being cued up and put on heavy rotation.. . . "
A good place to start research, and to find links? Is usually wikipedia, yet when I went there? These are the suggested links, as you can see, you can't use any or them;
Yosso 2006, p. 7.
- Delgado Bernal 2002.
- Yosso 2005.
- Gordon, Lewis R. (Spring 1999). "A Short History of the 'Critical' in Critical Race Theory". American Philosophy Association Newsletter. 98 (2). Archived from the original on 2 May 2003.
- Cole 2007.
- Crenshaw et al. 1995, p. 19 in "Introduction": "Critical Race Theory thus represents an attempt to inhabit and expand the space between two very different intellectual and ideological formations…[i.e. Civil Rights reform and Critical Legal Studies]"
- Crenshaw, Kimberlé Williams; Gotanda, Neil; Peller, Gary; Thomas, Kendall, eds. (1996). "Introduction". Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings that Formed the Movement. New York City: The New Press. ISBN 978-1-56584-271-7.
- Harris 2002.
- Delgado & Stefancic 2012, pp. 6–7.
- "What Is Critical Race Theory?". UCLA School of Public Affairs. November 4, 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- Brooks 1994, p. 85.
- Gottesman, Isaac (2016). "Critical Race Theory and Legal Studies". The Critical Turn in Education: From Marxist Critique to Poststructuralist Feminism to Critical Theories of Race. London, England: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1317670957.
- Crenshaw et al. 1995, pp. xix–xxvii.
- Crenshaw, Kimberlé; Matsuda, Mari (17 January 2020). "Presidential Session: Intersectionality and Critical Race Theory". YouTube. American Studies Association.
- Oremus, Will (March 9, 2012). "Did Obama Hug a Radical?". Slate. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- Carbado & Gulati 2003; Kang & Banaji 2006.
- Curry 2012.
- Curry 2009.
- Harris 1994, pp. 741–743.
- Crenshaw et al. 1995, p. xxiv: "To the emerging race crits, rights discourse held a social and transformative value in the context of racial subordination that transcended the narrower question of whether reliance on rights alone could bring about any determinate results"; Harris 1994.
- Bell 1995, p. 899.
- Delgado & Stefancic 1993, p. 462.
- Delgado & Stefancic 1993.
- Brayboy, Bryan McKinley Jones (December 2005). "Toward a Tribal Critical Race Theory in Education". The Urban Review. 37 (5): 425–446. doi:10.1007/s11256-005-0018-y. ISSN 0042-0972. S2CID 145515195.
- Delgado & Stefancic 1993; Delgado & Stefancic 2012, pp. 18–21; Dudziak 1993.
- Delgado & Stefancic 1993; Delgado & Stefancic 2012, pp. 51–55.
- Delgado & Stefancic 1993; Delgado & Stefancic 2012, pp. 56–57.
- Delgado & Stefancic 1993; Delgado & Stefancic 2012, pp. 26, 155.
- Delgado & Stefancic 2012, pp. 78–80.
- Delgado & Stefancic 2012, pp. 1–2.
- Delgado & Stefancic 2012, pp. 27–29.
- Harris 1993; Ladson-Billings 1999, p. 15.
- Pyke 2010, p. 552.
- Jones 2002, pp. 9–10.
- Ground, Solid. "Definition & Analysis of Institutional Racism" (PDF).
- Matsuda, Mari J., and Charles R. Lawrence. 1993. "Epilogue: Burning Crosses and the R.A.V. Case." In Words That Wound: Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech and the First Amendment, edited by M. J. Matsuda et al.
- Delgado 1995; Kennedy 1990; Williams 1991.
- Posner, Richard A. (13 October 1997). "The Skin Trade" (PDF). The New Republic. 217 (15): 40–43. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2016.
- Kozinski, Alex (November 2, 1997). "Bending the Law". The New York Times. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- Farber & Sherry 1997, pp. 9–11.
- Pyle 1999, p. 788.
- Wood, Peter (March 13, 2012). "Bell Epoque". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- Will, George (November 28, 1996). "Good News? Don't Want To Hear About It". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
- Ansell, Amy (2008). "Critical Race Theory". In Richard T. Schaefer (ed.). Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society. Sage. pp. 344–46. ISBN 978-1-4129-2694-2.
- Dawsey, Josh; Stein, Jeff (5 September 2020). "White House directs federal agencies to cancel race-related training sessions it calls 'un-American propaganda'". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/M-20-34.pdf[full citation needed]
- Alex Seitz-Wald (March 21, 2012). "How Breitbart and Arizona seized on "critical race theory"". Salon.
- Rodriguez, Roberto Cintli (18 January 2012). "Arizona's 'banned' Mexican American books". The Guardian.
- Winerip, Michael (March 19, 2012). "Racial Lens Used to Cull Curriculum in Arizona". The New York Times.
- "Federal Judge Finds Racism Behind Arizona Law Banning Ethnic Studies".
- Delgado & Stefancic 1998.
- Harpalani 2013.
- Myslinska 2014a, pp. 559–560.
- Jupp, Berry & Lensmire 2016.
- Annamma, Connor & Ferri 2012.
- Myslinska 2014b.
- See, e.g., Levin 2008.
- Treviño, Harris & Wallace 2008.
- Yosso 2006.
This is probably the most neutral article I found, yet, there is no denying, it still paints CRT as somewhat Anti-American, or UNAMERICAN;
What is Critical Race Theory?
What is Critical Race Theory?
The Theory. Critical Race Theory was developed out of legal scholarship. It provides a critical analysis of race and racism from a legal point of view. Since its inception within legal scholarship …spacrs.wordpress.com
". . . CRT recognizes that racism is engrained in the fabric and system of the American society. The individual racist need not exist to note that institutional racism is pervasive in the dominant culture. This is the analytical lens that CRT uses in examining existing power structures. CRT identifies that these power structures are based on white privilege and white supremacy, which perpetuates the marginalization of people of color. CRT also rejects the traditions of liberalism and meritocracy. Legal discourse says that the law is neutral and colorblind, however, CRT challenges this legal “truth” by examining liberalism and meritocracy as a vehicle for self-interest, power, and privilege. CRT also recognizes that liberalism and meritocracy are often stories heard from those with wealth, power, and privilege. These stories paint a false picture of meritocracy; everyone who works hard can attain wealth, power, and privilege while ignoring the systemic inequalities that institutional racism provides.
Intersectionality within CRT points to the multidimensionality of oppressions and recognizes that race alone cannot account for disempowerment. “Intersectionality means the examination of race, sex, class, national origin, and sexual orientation, and how their combination plays out in various settings.”[1] This is an important tenet in pointing out that CRT is critical of the many oppressions facing people of color and does not allow for a one–dimensional approach of the complexities of our world.
Narratives or counterstories, as mentioned before, contribute to the centrality of the experiences of people of color. These stories challenge the story of white supremacy and continue to give a voice to those that have been silenced by white supremacy.[2] Counterstories take their cue from larger cultural traditions of oral histories, cuentos, family histories and parables.[3] This is very important in preserving the history of marginalized groups whose experiences have never been legitimized within the master narrative. It challenges the notion of liberalism and meritocracy as colorblind or “value-neutral” within society while exposing racism as a main thread in the fabric of the American foundation.. . . "
CRT theory does not have a testable thesis.
CRT theory does not have remedies that can be verified and replicated.
As such, CRT cannot be compelled on others through the political process because it is not fashioned in a manner than can be dealt with politically.
They would categorize your response as a typically white privileged/supremacist response, as it does not symbolically exemplify the lived experience of the POC. . .
Again, meaningless word salad.
What is "White" in terms of a universal applicable standard recognized under US Law?
What is "Privileged" under the same terms?
Is it only this combination that needs to be "remedied"? What about Non White and Privileged? If that is not also a "problem" to be remedied, then one is singling out peopled based solely on race and labeling them as "in need of remedy" which is a violation of their constitutional rights.
What is "POC" under the same terms? Genetically, Arabs and Jews are nearly identical, are they both POC or not? And if both are not similarly identified, why not?
Are Asians POC?
And why, if as a nation we are color and race blind are we putting such an effort into all this classification and division rather than simply guaranteeing that ALL have their individual rights secured as our nation dedicated itself to at its Founding and Framing?
Does CRT theory have a repeatable test to show that those the identify as "White Privileged" systematically engage in the violation of the secured rights of others? And if not, then what is the point of singling them out for a negative label?
If CRT does have such a test, where is the replicated data that demonstrates that their remedial training corrects the rights violating behavior? And if they have no such data, why not?
All excellent questions. Some often confuse equality with equity. OTH, I do see, in the system, a bias. If Leonard Peltier had been a Green Beret from the dominant culture, rather than identifying with a colonized nation, and doing the exact same thing as Randy Weaver? He probably wouldn't have spent his life in prison.
If government authorities kept no data on the "race" of prisoners it locked up or arrested, if human service organizations kept no records of the ethnicity of those it serviced, if the census kept no records of what origin folks were from. . . we would have none of these questions, and the establishment could not use these segments of society to balkanize and divide people.
