3 ms·
These are things I was taught in highschool before CRT was ever on anyone's radar. What new does CRT bring to the table that previous teaching material did not?
by dymk 5y ago
These are things I was taught in highschool before CRT was ever on anyone's radar. What new does CRT bring to the table that previous teaching material did not?
- krapp 5y agoCRT is entirely concerned with examining racism as a systemic, culturally generated phenomenon rather than an innate aspect of human nature, and criticizing the neutrality of modern liberalism as being an enabler of that racist system. Regardless of what you and I were taught, the premise that systemic racism exists is currently interpreted by opponents of CRT as part of "woke" ideology intended (they claim) to oppress and stigmatize white people. What CRT actually does or doesn't bring to the table isn't relevant, since opponents aren't using a good faith or accurate interpretation of it to begin with.
- zozbot234 5y ago> criticizing the neutrality of modern liberalism as being part of that racist system This makes way more sense when you realize that CRT was originally a niche interest of folks interested in criminal justice reform, long a conservative/libertarian pursuit that liberals and progressives were otherwise quite skeptical of. The whole point was to ask questions like "can we really suppose that the U.S. is a colorblind society when even influential liberals like Sen. Biden - who should know better - go around calling black people 'super predators'? How does this make any sense? It makes no sense! And if Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit." (Seriously, postmodern academic rhetoric has a lot in common with the Chewbacca defense. It's not called "wokie" ideology for nothing!) It spread around from there.
- long_time_gone 5y agoThe way you spin this topic to somehow still have Biden (aka "liberals") as the enemy is fascinating to watch.