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Read something interesting today re: "crt"

"The people who threw rocks at Ruby Bridges for trying to go to school in 1960 are now upset their grandchildren might learn about them throwing rocks at Ruby Bridges for trying to go to school. "

Doesn't get simpler than that.
Pretty much.

That and a 10 year old girl should be forced to have a baby from a rapist but 12 year old conservative boys are too fragile to read about the impact of sexual assault on a survivor.

Welcome to dystopia.
Northwest · M
That's a great way to simplify it, but very accurate.
SW-User
crt is only taught in law school.
Graylight · 51-55, F
@SW-User Really not even then, thought the media has distilled it down that way. It's a lens, not a discipline, through which to see the world.
SW-User
@Graylight I'm a college student, and there is no CRT in the undergraduate level.
Graylight · 51-55, F
@SW-User I know.
BackyardShaman · 61-69, M
Perfect!! They’re the same people and their offspring that read National enquirer and the other crap in the checkout lanes in stores, holding up the checkout lines.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
Kind of makes you wonder how the Trumpists are going to feel in 30 years. Doesnt it?😷
Graylight · 51-55, F
@whowasthatmaskedman I imagine they'll feel just like the witch hunters, the Inquisators,Confederate generals or the Nazis did after the world was put right again. Exhausted and beaten, but full of reasons why. They'll look at the next generation and truly believe they weren't the engineers of disaster. They'll only understand their plans didn't work - not that they were warped plans in the first place. And they'll teach their children the same myopic and greedy cruelty.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Graylight "The South will rise again"😷
A simpleton might fall for it.
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@BackyardShaman I don't know what you're referring to in your first sentence and the second includes an absurd statement.
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Harmonium1923 · 51-55, M
Sounds about right.
Fukfacewillie · 56-60, M
CRT is not history. It uses history to offer a theory about racial injustice. I don’t subscribe to CRT, but at least I know what it is.
Fukfacewillie · 56-60, M
@SW-User Not when I went, and probably only in an elective even now
SW-User
@Fukfacewillie I'm an undergraduate student and there's no CRT class in the curriculum.
Graylight · 51-55, F
@SW-User Oh. My. God.

CRT isn't offered as a class in any place of higher learning anywhere in the country. Many courses have elements of the theory, but that's entirely different.

From CRT.org:
Critical race theory is an academic movement which seeks to link racism, race, and power. Unlike the Civil Rights movement, which sought to work within the structures of American democracy, critical race theorists challenge the very foundations of the liberal order, such as rationalism, constitutional law, and legal reasoning. Critical race theorists argue that American social life, political structures, and economic systems are founded upon race, which (in their view) is a social construct.

Systemic racism, in the eyes of critical race theorists, stems from the dominance of race in American life. Critical race theorists and anti-racist advocates argue that, because race is a predominant part of American life, racism itself has become internalized into the American conscience. It is because of this, they argue, that there have been significantly different legal and economic outcomes between different racial groups.

Also:
Critical race theory (CRT) is a framework and/or analytical tool primarily used in university-level courses. Originating in the 1970s, CRT was first used as a way to help law students think critically about the impact of historical and present-day racism on the legal system.
masc.org

It's like introducing the concept of "Fruit of the poison tree" and calling it the backbone of law application.

 
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