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It absolutely is, and your comment is textbook gaslighting. I’ve seen this repeatedly from people who try to define CRT as an arcane framework taught only forma

It absolutely is, and your comment is textbook gaslighting. I’ve seen this repeatedly from people who try to define CRT as an arcane framework taught only formally in law schools. Sorry but that’s not true either because it is directly taught, because its derivative concepts are taught, or because the accepted definition of CRT has changed - and it doesn’t matter which. But to claim CRT isn’t in schools in some form is plainly gaslighting. Ibram Kendi tried this sleight of hand as well, claiming anti-racism isn’t CRT, but he is already on the record admitting that CRT is foundational to his work on anti-racism, which is clearly being injected into schools (https://thefederalist.com/2021/06/24/ibram-x-kendi-falsely-claims-he-is-not-a-critical-race-theorist/ https://thefederalist.com/2021/06/24/ibram-x-kendi-falsely-c...).

jandrese 5y ago
The conversation has been intentionally muddled here by shifting definitions. "Critical Race Theory" is a college course. However the version that is a rebranded "PC culture run amok" is far more prevalent and includes things like teaching kids that the US founders were slaveholders and that owning slaves is a bad thing. It's the same old story over the decades, but rebranded yet again to get the attention of the news media. "Traditional values are 'under attack' by crazy left wing people who only care about not-you".
- mensetmanusman 5y ago
  ‘things like teaching kids that the US founders were slaveholders and that owning slaves is a bad thing.’ When I was in high school the dialog went a step after and implied that the idea of the united states is therefore forever irredeemable. This latter aspect is what most are fighting over, because prominent writers on the left have doubled down on the idea that the U.S. is always destined for failure in that regard.
  - jandrese 5y ago
    It has been said that slavery is the original sin of the US. When you start to look at how much of government policy was or is a result of southern states needing to work around the problems that slavery introduced and this feels pretty accurate.
- cltby 5y ago
  > like teaching kids that the US founders were slaveholders and that owning slaves is a bad thing That stuff has been taught forever, and nobody objects to it. The objectionable stuff is teaching myths like "systemic racism" and "white supremacy" as fact.

jandrese 5y ago

The conversation has been intentionally muddled here by shifting definitions. "Critical Race Theory" is a college course. However the version that is a rebranded "PC culture run amok" is far more prevalent and includes things like teaching kids that the US founders were slaveholders and that owning slaves is a bad thing. It's the same old story over the decades, but rebranded yet again to get the attention of the news media. "Traditional values are 'under attack' by crazy left wing people who only care about not-you".

mensetmanusman 5y ago
‘things like teaching kids that the US founders were slaveholders and that owning slaves is a bad thing.’ When I was in high school the dialog went a step after and implied that the idea of the united states is therefore forever irredeemable. This latter aspect is what most are fighting over, because prominent writers on the left have doubled down on the idea that the U.S. is always destined for failure in that regard.
- jandrese 5y ago
  It has been said that slavery is the original sin of the US. When you start to look at how much of government policy was or is a result of southern states needing to work around the problems that slavery introduced and this feels pretty accurate.
cltby 5y ago
> like teaching kids that the US founders were slaveholders and that owning slaves is a bad thing That stuff has been taught forever, and nobody objects to it. The objectionable stuff is teaching myths like "systemic racism" and "white supremacy" as fact.