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Wikipedia didn't help you because it describes actual CRT, which is a somewhat bland academic field that, like seemingly all humanities work, tends to be heavy
by newacct583 6y ago
Wikipedia didn't help you because it describes actual CRT, which is a somewhat bland academic field that, like seemingly all humanities work, tends to be heavy on jargon and pomp and a little light on genuine insight. But none of its contentions are really that controversial. Broadly it's the recognition that "race is real" and that injustices colored by the history of racial politics persist in modern society.
What actually got banned is "boogeyman CRT", which is a caricature of the field propagated among the partisan press for use as an "enemy".
And of course it's bad. You don't ban ideas with which you disagree, even (especially) if you think they're factually wrong.
- choko 6y agoThe field isn't banned. It's just not being funded by taxpayers. You are being intentionally dramatic and misleading.
- newacct583 6y agoRead the EO. It goes much farther than banning funding for research, it's a muzzle on all federal decisionmaking and the behavior of all federal contractors. If you're a federal contractor and you tell your employees "I think racism is real", it seems like you'd fall afoul of this language and lose your contract.
- choko 6y agoI read the EO and the article. Your analysis is flawed and grossly oversimplified. I suspect you know this and are trying to stir up emotional sentiment because you dislike the current administration.
- jwond 6y agoCan you quote the part of the executive order that you believe would bar a federal contractor from telling its employees “I think racism is real”?
- true_religion 6y agoWe regularly do ban ideas which we disagree with. For example.... The federal government will not fund research into the idea that women are sub human, and will certainly fire any manager who tries to include female inferiority training as a requirement for their employees. Banning this sexist idea is a good thing. The idea itself is poison and has no place in common government. If some people think it is merely controversial, then they should build credibility outside of government then ask for the rules to be relaxed.