CRT much like in the words of Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart on pornography, "I know it when I see it". This is reflected in this discussion of CRT because CRT is all over the map. Some call it merely discussing honestly, our history about slavery. A noble cause but to the more radical Marxist in our mist, it goes all the way to "all White people are oppressors and all Black people are victims" and all White people must be "re-programmed". Of course it is that last part that is stirring up the trouble IMHO with "White people only" being called in for "diversity training" which consists of first admitting if White, you are a racist but don't dis-pare, you can't help it if you were born white and we are going to help you overcome your racist tendencies. Can you see how that might not be the best way to start a "training class"?
I've just spent about an hour, ( yeah, yeah, I know, get a life ), researching trying to find an article that best says what I'm thinking, not the "correct" answer but my view of it and I've settled on this one.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/st...ns/5076052001/
Opinion: Understanding critical race theory reveals how it's harmful to race relations
Rejecting Martin Luther King Jr.'s ideas, advocates of this way of looking at the world stoke divisiveness and discrimination.
CRT has the opposite effect of achieving racial harmony. It leads us to worse race relations, not better.
And forget free speech: if you disagree with the CRT program, it is proof of “white fragility,” “unconscious bias,” or “internalized white supremacy.” If you dissent, you must remain silent and accept your “complicity in white supremacy.”
It is that last sentence that I think causes the most trouble with what ever is being "taught". If you are White, you aren't being educated, as much as you are being indoctrinated and you are not free to object or have a different opinion, THIS is the opinion you must have and that simply is not going to lead to harmony, EVER.
So, would MLK be on board with giving up on equality for equity which seems to mean equal outcomes which we should know from history is impossible? Right now, it is actually being debated in some school districts, whether advanced classes should be restricted to "age appropriate" persons meaning that you can't take an advanced class at 12, you must wait to your Junior or Senior year of High school because this doesn't meet the requirements of "equity". Can't have an imbalance in education don't you see, that would be like having rich and poor and we can't have that in this new society, this new ( not so new ) Marxist society.
Imagine you are a White parent and your child in 3rd grad, about 8 years old, brings home a paper that says they want the child to express in their own words, what is wrong with their White privilege and what could they do to change this dynamic and you their parents, are as Liberal as they come but it doesn't matter because you are WHITE and the color of your skin, not your character is what is now being discussed.
Would you, like many White people seem to be doing, some actually crying while they admit their "failings", admit that because you are White whether you know it or not, whether you have been on the front lines marching for civil rights your whole adult life or not, you have racism in you and you must acknowledge it to purge it from yourself?
This is the part of CRT that many people, even people of color who you could see standing at school board meetings protesting the teaching of CRT if you watched Fox news that is because I guarantee you, you will not be seeing Black parents protesting CRT on CNN and MSNBC.
"I do not want my child being taught that they are a victim" is the refrain that can most be heard. And no where in the teaching of CRT that I can find are the words that "we should be judged by the content of our character, not the color of our skin" which is the one and only thing taught in CRT, your skin color is all that matters and that is what is wrong with teaching CRT.
