Originally posted by: O2bnVegas
Kevin, I suspect you are losing it.
BTW, I would have thought you to be a defender of critical race theory. Do you even know what that means?
My prayers are with Mr. Kirk's family. I've never heard of him, but this is so unfair.
Candy
Candy, the man continually preached hatred and division. You should have noted that I said that he had the right to do that, but there are consequences. He was unlucky, and he didn't deserve what he got. That said, if you preach inflammatory rhetoric to crowds, you just might piss off somebody with a gun.
Candy, I know EXACTLY what CRT is, and I have read the original academic paper where it was first proposed. I doubt that one in a thousand MAGA politicians who have used it as a cudgel knows what it is or what it means.
Here you go:
CRT states that in any interaction between two individuals, the race of the two is critical to the outcome.
That's it. That's all that it is.
Note that it's a THEORY. A THEORY. In academia, a theory is a possible explanation for a recurring phenomenon. Why does this happen? Maybe because...
No one ever proposes a theory and then states it as fact. A theory invites others to collect data and test it. The bar for confirmation--the point where the theory becomes fact--is set very high. That's why the theory of gravity is still a theory--we still don't understand the mechanism by which objects are attracted to one another. The theory of evolution is still a theory because we lack the ability to confirm it--we would need a time machine.
You probably recall when MAGA seized on CRT as something that was taught in schools across the galaxy to make students of color hate white people. Glenn Youngkin, for instance, molded his entire (successful) campaign around that one fabricated issue, and became governor of Virginia.
The truth is that CRT is a fairly obscure concept and would NEVER be "taught," as MAGA puts it, in any school below university level. And the horrid MAGA lie is that students are "taught" rather than "taught ABOUT" CRT. No responsible professor/teacher would present it as fact, and none do, despite MAGA's strident claims. But it's worked well as a political issue for them.
Am I a "defender" of CRT? I don't have to be. It's no more or less than a proposed explanation for the dynamics of SOME human interactions. I think it's accurate in some contexts, like maybe traffic stops or restaurant service. But I doubt that it's the primary ("critical') factor in ALL human interactions between people of different races. I think it's an overreach, which is why it hasn't made much progress in academia.
So MAGA saying that the theory itself was proposed in order to make black and brown people hate white people is utter bullshit, as well as their contention that it's "taught" everywhere. I remember making a post about the massive difference between being taught Nazi beliefs or Christian fanaticism and being taught ABOUT them. MAGA lies by leaving out the "about."
Is that a good explanation?
