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So according to CRT theorists, we should be focused on race ?
Ok, that’s what you think. In that case you should be able to argue why you think that. Why do you think that the legal and social systems of the US have dealt with all people equally.
No, that's pretty much what opponents of CRT are saying. The idea that we can do better by superficially ignoring the issue of race, has pretty much been debunked by reality.
Better to be aware of it and of the ways that society, often unconsciously, perpetuates racism.
In many cases in the past, they didn't.
But CRT today does nothing to rectify that, but cause to divide us further.
Again, it's "theory," not necessarily fact.
But CRT today does nothing to rectify that, but cause to divide us further.
A theory is an idea or group of ideas that has been tested and found to be supported by evidence. Structural racism is a fact. CRT is a theory that explains it.
Ok, once again - why do you think that?
Look at the division in this forum on CRT.
Here's an interesting read on the subject. The author gives a good explanation
on why CRT is misunderstood.
What Is Critical Race Theory, and Why Is It Under Attack?
I just heard of the following: Critical race theory debate heating up in Ohio General Assembly.
Do proponents of critical race theory (CRT) support the following statements, statements the bill would ban schools from promoting?
I'm trying to learn more about what critical race theory is. I welcome answers from anyone but would prefer answers from proponents of CRT. Thank you!
- One race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex
- An individual, by virtue of the individual's race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously
- An individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of the individual's race
- An individual's moral standing or worth is necessarily determined by the individual's race or sex
- An individual, by virtue of the individual's race or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex
- The advent of slavery in the territory that is now the United States constituted the true founding of the United States
- With respect to their relationship to American values, slavery and racism are anything other than deviations from, betrayals of or failures to live up to the authentic founding principles of the United States, which include liberty and equality.
From my understanding, 2,5,6 and possibly 7 but I wouldn't quite word it that way. From what I've seen, they more so believe that racism was a founding principle of the U.S.A.
Racism is inherent to US history, of course it is. The whole business of colonising Africa and the Americas was a racist undertaking. The natives were treated as less human than Europeans. Without the racist ideas used to justify slavery and mass killing colonisation would not have happened, hence no America. Are you saying that there are people who claim that isn’t the case?
Did they go there with the thought of, "Ok, if these people are anything but white, we're enslaving them, taking their land and resources!" No...back then, it was all about the land and resources. That's what they were after. Unfortunately, slave labor was a thing that existed from the dawn of time and it was completely normal for them. It even still exists today in countries like North Korea and various countries in Africa enslaving their own people sadly. Race had nothing to do with them taking over and colonizing lands. It was all about who had the most land and the most resources.
Actually there was a whole process of justifying the enslavement and maltreatment of native peoples in the political and religious spheres. People didn't just pitch up and say 'oh lets use these people as farm animals, and kill those other ones so we can have their land', these were activities that were sanctioned and justified through the legal and religious bodies of the time, backed up with scripture and popular psuedo science.
Isn't any of this taught in history classes over there? Is this the kind of basic thing states are trying to ban from classrooms?
Actually it's being brought into the elementary school systems which parents are
attending School Board Meetings and rejecting it.
Are they wrong to reject teaching children that our system is built on racism ?
I guess we just have different definitions of what racism is. You seem to think that because the inhabitants were a different color that automatically makes it racist whereas I believe that racism is an intent to do something based solely on the color of one's skin.
I guess we just have different definitions of what racism is. You seem to think that because the inhabitants were a different color that automatically makes it racist whereas I believe that racism is an intent to do something based solely on the color of one's skin. Again, the object of invading, colonizing, conquering wasn't to just enslave everyone because they weren't the right skin color. The object was to gain lands and resources.
The evidence can be misunderstood or blatantly false and being CRT is being used for political purposes
it's often false.
Actually there was a whole process of justifying the enslavement and maltreatment of native peoples in the political and religious spheres. People didn't just pitch up and say 'oh lets use these people as farm animals, and kill those other ones so we can have their land', these were activities that were sanctioned and justified through the legal and religious bodies of the time, backed up with scripture and popular psuedo science.
Isn't any of this taught in history classes over there? Is this the kind of basic thing states are trying to ban from classrooms?
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