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Caliman73

(11,767 posts)
2. A stupid bill based on stupid analysis.
Tue Apr 27, 2021, 08:38 PM
Apr 2021

Critical Race Theory does not teach either of the things listed in the bill's language. Critical Race Theory is an analysis of racial relationships based on the ideas of power in society. You cannot look at United States history without acknowledging that there have been historical, structural, and institutional advantages to people with White skin and disadvantages toward people with Black skin. Critical Race Theory does NOT teach that any race, sex... is superior but it acknowledges that those ideas have been advanced in both blatant and subtle ways throughout history. Critical Race Theory DOES NOT teach that White people or Men living today are RESPONSIBLE for the actions committed by White people or Men in the past. Critical Race Theory teaches that the residuals of White and Male advantages are still at play today.

Maybe pick up a fucking book before you make laws prohibiting the teaching of a theory with mountains of research behind it.

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