Surely I'm not this dumb. What in the heck is Critical Race Theory?

[p8712]

DeusxMac wrote:
“Hitler’s Love Life Revealed”!?

Melania Braun didn’t like the fooking Furherbunker, either.

[graylocks]

What is new is conservative political strategists deciding to throw together everything their base hates about "woke culture " and rebrand it as CRT. It's the new Red Scare.

BINGO!

[RgrF]

graylocks wrote:
What is new is conservative political strategists deciding to throw together everything their base hates about "woke culture " and rebrand it as CRT. It's the new Red Scare.

BINGO!

Over a dozen states have passed laws prohibiting teaching of CRT in public schools that didn't teach it anyway. Just another poke at the hornets nest of anger - gotta keep the base riled and upset to boost turnout.

[cbelt3]

It's history. That's all. Clear, accurate history. Carefully analyzed over years.

Denying it is like denying reality.

Oh, wait. Yeah... that's a Republican thing. Reality is for the weak..

[RgrF]

Joint Chiefs Chairman in answer to Congress about teaching CRT.

[bfd]

Black and Brown children in the USA already learn this simply by virtue of growing up (if they are successful in that endeavor, that is …)

[Lemon Drop]

Relevant:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of...uiJU8-_RVf

"How a conservative activist invented the conflict over CRT."

[sekker]

This is a legitimate scholarly area that has now been dumped into the modern culture wars.

I'm surprised there isn't a push AGAINST teaching about the Tulsa Race Massacre alongside as well.

Not sure how the second is acceptable to teach about and the first isn't - except that logic is not the basis for this fight.

[Janit]

sekker wrote:
This is a legitimate scholarly area that has now been dumped into the modern culture wars.

I'm surprised there isn't a push AGAINST teaching about the Tulsa Race Massacre alongside as well.

Not sure how the second is acceptable to teach about and the first isn't - except that logic is not the basis for this fight.

No worries. They will soon conclude that the Tulsa Race Massacre is somehow associated with Critical Race Theory and ban it as well.

[$tevie]

Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly

Critical race theory has been around for decades — why’s it a powder keg now?
On today's show, we'll talk to a critical race theorist about what CRT is and isn't — and what the recent controversy has to do with voting restrictions.

The professor uses a great analogy to asbestos in a building, it works very well.
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/make-m...explained/