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You can add U.S. states banning "Critical Race Theory" to that list.

hanselot 5y ago
Ironically I agree. You should be exposed to every religion after learning how to think critically. That way you can train your propaganda filter instead of falling prey to sophistry.
klipklop 5y ago
You left out the "in public schools" part. You can still look at all the CRT stuff you want on the internet in the US. Stuff like White Fragility are top sellers in the US. This is not even remotely the same as the Taliban banning music or China cracking down on LGBTQ stuff.
- jandrese 5y ago
  Which was extra silly because CRT wasn't being taught in public schools unless you are also including public universities.
  - miles 5y ago
    Yes, critical race theory is being taught in public schools[1] > Christopher Rufo reported[2] that 30 public school districts in 15 states are teaching a book, Not My Idea, that tells readers that “whiteness” leads white people to make deals with the devil for “stolen land, stolen riches, and special favors.” White people get to “mess endlessly with the lives of your friends, neighbors, loved ones, and all fellow humans of color for the purpose of profit,” the book adds. > There are plenty of other examples that prove racial essentialism and collective guilt are being taught to young students. In Cupertino, California, an elementary school required[3] third graders to rank themselves according to the “power and privilege” associated with their ethnicities. Schools in Buffalo, New York, taught students[4] that “all white people” perpetuate “systemic racism” and had kindergarteners watch a video of dead black children, warning them about “racist police and state-sanctioned violence.” And in Arizona, the state’s education department sent out[5] an “equity toolkit” to schools that claimed infants as young as 3 months old can start to show signs of racism and “remain strongly biased in favor of whiteness” by age 5. [1] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/yes-critical-race-theory-is-being-taught-in-public-schools https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/yes-critical-race... [2] https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1413292881264005126 https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1413292881264005126 [3] https://www.city-journal.org/identity-politics-in-cupertino-california-elementary-school https://www.city-journal.org/identity-politics-in-cupertino-... [4] https://www.city-journal.org/buffalo-public-schools-critical-race-theory-curriculum https://www.city-journal.org/buffalo-public-schools-critical... [5] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/arizona-education-baby-toddler-racism-three-months https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/arizona-education-ba...
    - heavyset_go 5y ago
      Christopher Rufo defines critical race theory as everything he doesn't like, so of course he'd see phantom CRTs lurking behind every shadow and around every corner. From here[1]: > Christopher Rufo, a prominent opponent of critical race theory, in March acknowledged intentionally using the term to describe a range of race-related topics and conjure a negative association. > “We have successfully frozen their brand — ‘critical race theory’ — into the public conversation and are steadily driving up negative perceptions,” wrote Rufo, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank. “We will eventually turn it toxic, as we put all of the various cultural insanities under that brand category. The goal is to have the public read something crazy in the newspaper and immediately think ‘critical race theory.’” [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/05/29/critical-race-theory-bans-schools/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/05/29/critical...
      - miles 5y ago
        > of course he'd see phantom CRTs lurking behind every shadow When it comes to teaching children Not My Idea, definitely seems to be more to the concern than just shadows: The fallacy of ‘whiteness’ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/08/opinion/fallacy-whiteness/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/08/opinion/fallacy-white... > According to recent reports, public and private elementary schools across the United States have used, as part of racial equity education, an illustrated children’s book called “Not My Idea,” in which a devil with a pointy tail offers the young reader a “contract binding you to whiteness.” The contract promises “stolen land,” “stolen riches,” and “special favors”; in exchange, whiteness gets “your soul” and power over “the lives of your friends, neighbors, loved ones, and all fellow humans of COLOR.”
        kgarten 5y ago
        CRT is something taught in law school, not in elementary schools. You have an indoctrination problem in the US but it definitely does not come from CRT. I looked at some of the illustrations of "Not My Idea"... it's a bit wired and cringe worthy sometimes. Still compare that to the indoctrination that is in some of the schoolbooks: Slavery was just "black immigration" https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/aug/12/right-wing-textbooks-teach-slavery-black-immigration https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/aug/12/right-wing... The kkk was not morally wrong ... ?? https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/texas-senate-passes-bill-removes-requirement-teach-ku-klux-klan-n1274610 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/texas-senate-... Banning of Black and Latino Authors https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pa-banned-book-list-20210901-tir7s7uhbjdgzi5hadj2k3mr4u-story.html https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pa-banned-boo... Teaching creationism: https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/apr/08/house-advances-bill-to-let-schools-teach/ https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/apr/08/house-advanc... Are you as outraged about that as you are about a fringe law theory?

Ironically I agree. You should be exposed to every religion after learning how to think critically. That way you can train your propaganda filter instead of falling prey to sophistry.

klipklop 5y ago

You left out the "in public schools" part. You can still look at all the CRT stuff you want on the internet in the US. Stuff like White Fragility are top sellers in the US. This is not even remotely the same as the Taliban banning music or China cracking down on LGBTQ stuff.

jandrese 5y ago
Which was extra silly because CRT wasn't being taught in public schools unless you are also including public universities.
- miles 5y ago
  Yes, critical race theory is being taught in public schools[1] > Christopher Rufo reported[2] that 30 public school districts in 15 states are teaching a book, Not My Idea, that tells readers that “whiteness” leads white people to make deals with the devil for “stolen land, stolen riches, and special favors.” White people get to “mess endlessly with the lives of your friends, neighbors, loved ones, and all fellow humans of color for the purpose of profit,” the book adds. > There are plenty of other examples that prove racial essentialism and collective guilt are being taught to young students. In Cupertino, California, an elementary school required[3] third graders to rank themselves according to the “power and privilege” associated with their ethnicities. Schools in Buffalo, New York, taught students[4] that “all white people” perpetuate “systemic racism” and had kindergarteners watch a video of dead black children, warning them about “racist police and state-sanctioned violence.” And in Arizona, the state’s education department sent out[5] an “equity toolkit” to schools that claimed infants as young as 3 months old can start to show signs of racism and “remain strongly biased in favor of whiteness” by age 5. [1] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/yes-critical-race-theory-is-being-taught-in-public-schools https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/yes-critical-race... [2] https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1413292881264005126 https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1413292881264005126 [3] https://www.city-journal.org/identity-politics-in-cupertino-california-elementary-school https://www.city-journal.org/identity-politics-in-cupertino-... [4] https://www.city-journal.org/buffalo-public-schools-critical-race-theory-curriculum https://www.city-journal.org/buffalo-public-schools-critical... [5] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/arizona-education-baby-toddler-racism-three-months https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/arizona-education-ba...
  - heavyset_go 5y ago
    Christopher Rufo defines critical race theory as everything he doesn't like, so of course he'd see phantom CRTs lurking behind every shadow and around every corner. From here[1]: > Christopher Rufo, a prominent opponent of critical race theory, in March acknowledged intentionally using the term to describe a range of race-related topics and conjure a negative association. > “We have successfully frozen their brand — ‘critical race theory’ — into the public conversation and are steadily driving up negative perceptions,” wrote Rufo, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank. “We will eventually turn it toxic, as we put all of the various cultural insanities under that brand category. The goal is to have the public read something crazy in the newspaper and immediately think ‘critical race theory.’” [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/05/29/critical-race-theory-bans-schools/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/05/29/critical...
    - miles 5y ago
      > of course he'd see phantom CRTs lurking behind every shadow When it comes to teaching children Not My Idea, definitely seems to be more to the concern than just shadows: The fallacy of ‘whiteness’ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/08/opinion/fallacy-whiteness/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/08/opinion/fallacy-white... > According to recent reports, public and private elementary schools across the United States have used, as part of racial equity education, an illustrated children’s book called “Not My Idea,” in which a devil with a pointy tail offers the young reader a “contract binding you to whiteness.” The contract promises “stolen land,” “stolen riches,” and “special favors”; in exchange, whiteness gets “your soul” and power over “the lives of your friends, neighbors, loved ones, and all fellow humans of COLOR.”
      - kgarten 5y ago
        CRT is something taught in law school, not in elementary schools. You have an indoctrination problem in the US but it definitely does not come from CRT. I looked at some of the illustrations of "Not My Idea"... it's a bit wired and cringe worthy sometimes. Still compare that to the indoctrination that is in some of the schoolbooks: Slavery was just "black immigration" https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/aug/12/right-wing-textbooks-teach-slavery-black-immigration https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/aug/12/right-wing... The kkk was not morally wrong ... ?? https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/texas-senate-passes-bill-removes-requirement-teach-ku-klux-klan-n1274610 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/texas-senate-... Banning of Black and Latino Authors https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pa-banned-book-list-20210901-tir7s7uhbjdgzi5hadj2k3mr4u-story.html https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pa-banned-boo... Teaching creationism: https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/apr/08/house-advances-bill-to-let-schools-teach/ https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/apr/08/house-advanc... Are you as outraged about that as you are about a fringe law theory?