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CMV: The latest media coverage of Critical Race Theory completely misrepresents what CRT is. This is harmful.

Critical Race Theory has once again been picked up by the bewilderingly successful merchants of hysteria: Ben Shapiro, Michael Knowles, Prager U, and so on. It is presented as a singular theory about race, but even then these merchants mention the multiple theory’s and ideas under the umbrella of CRT. 

As I’m moving through Critical Race Theory: An Introduction by Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, I’m realizing that Critical Race Theory is the title of a school of thought, so to speak. Like the labels “Existentialism” or “Theoretical Physics”, CRT is not ONE theory about racism. It is a label for many theories and ideas regarding race, racism, race relations, intersectionality, sexism, essentialism vs. antiessentialism, nationalism vs. assimilation, the practice of law and justice, and the rest. When schools have classes that teach Existentialism, for example, they don’t teach one interpretation of the school of thought, one existentialist philosopher. When we hear about Theoretical Physics, we know that there are many different theories about the physical laws of the universe and many different speculative theories regarding our place in the universe and the universe itself. Thus is the case with CRT. 

IF a school, like the one Megyn Kelly has claimed to pull her children out of, IS only teaching that white people are inherently bad (which, if you watch her interview on Bill Maher, isn’t a a stretch from what she is saying) then sure, your children aren’t being taught the full scope of CRT. Firstly, I doubt that is happening. Second, nobody would really be upset about your decision to pull your kids out. 

But this is the way that these merchants craft their straw man: one theory, the idea that it’s bad to be white, that our judicial and economic systems are inherently racist. Sure, these are definitely ideas that sit under the umbrella of CRT, and most of them when not straw-manned, are substantive, engaging, and persuasive. But CRT is also so much more, and this limited view of CRT gives people the idea that it’s just some more progressive SJW nonsense. It’s not. 

Also, and this goes to those merchants, if you are passing your values onto your children, values of rationality and reasonability, then they should definitely be able to think for themselves. Or are you really doing that?

I post this because I believe this, but also because I would like to learn something new. If I’m getting anything wrong, I’m open to learning!
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Let's see.  You said


>"..the idea that it’s bad to be white.."


then


> "..these are definitely ideas that sit under the umbrella of CRT.."

Case closed.  Everything else you said attempts to whitewash that. 

There's why there's "hysteria" as you call it.  Though there is no hysteria.  The reality what is being pointed is that no "theory" that calls out people "as bad" because of the color of their skin, which you just did, is going to fly.