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>when people talk about CRT these days they’re talking about a specific set of beliefs about race, notably a variety of race essentialist beliefs. Critical rac

>when people talk about CRT these days they’re talking about a specific set of beliefs about race, notably a variety of race essentialist beliefs. Critical race theory and Race essentialism are fundamentally incompatible theories of race. If you're equating the two, you, or whoever presented them to you, has a deeply flawed (or actively malicious) understand of one or the other. CRT posits that differences among racial/ethnic groups are the result of, as wikipedia puts it, "social problems are influenced and created more by societal structures and cultural assumptions than by individual and psychological factors." Even its critics claim it relies too heavily on social constructivism - the literal opposite of essentialism. (Racial essentialism, in contrast, claims that "races" are biologically district categories that result in innate individual differences) Of course, you used a throwaway account here, so you must, on some level, know you argument doesn't hold to educated scrutiny.

throwaway894345 5y ago
> Critical race theory and Race essentialism are fundamentally incompatible theories of race. If you're equating the two, you, or whoever presented them to you, has a deeply flawed (or actively malicious) understand of one or the other. I knew someone was going to be pedantic which is why I phrased it as I did. The term is becoming overloaded, and we can either debate semantics or we can engage substantially and I’m choosing the latter. > Of course, you used a throwaway account here, so you must, on some level, know you argument doesn't hold to educated scrutiny. Your account is called “LordDragonfang” with 800 karma, so you're not exactly posting with your legal name yourself. No, I’m not using my legal name, but this is my main account. I post here regularly, in good faith, and overall my contributions have been well-received.
- Dylan16807 5y ago
  > The term is becoming overloaded No it's not. This bad version you imagine isn't being taught to anyone. > and we can either debate semantics or we can engage substantially and I’m choosing the latter. It's not "semantics" to talk about what is actually happening and being complained about.
- LordDragonfang 5y ago
  My mistake, I assumed that your username actually reflected your account. In retrospect, I think I recall seeing you before, but you obviously don't have a very distinctive name.

throwaway894345 5y ago

> Critical race theory and Race essentialism are fundamentally incompatible theories of race. If you're equating the two, you, or whoever presented them to you, has a deeply flawed (or actively malicious) understand of one or the other. I knew someone was going to be pedantic which is why I phrased it as I did. The term is becoming overloaded, and we can either debate semantics or we can engage substantially and I’m choosing the latter. > Of course, you used a throwaway account here, so you must, on some level, know you argument doesn't hold to educated scrutiny. Your account is called “LordDragonfang” with 800 karma, so you're not exactly posting with your legal name yourself. No, I’m not using my legal name, but this is my main account. I post here regularly, in good faith, and overall my contributions have been well-received.

Dylan16807 5y ago
> The term is becoming overloaded No it's not. This bad version you imagine isn't being taught to anyone. > and we can either debate semantics or we can engage substantially and I’m choosing the latter. It's not "semantics" to talk about what is actually happening and being complained about.
LordDragonfang 5y ago
My mistake, I assumed that your username actually reflected your account. In retrospect, I think I recall seeing you before, but you obviously don't have a very distinctive name.