Should we be teaching Critical Race Theory in our military universities and perhaps in our leadership courses?

We should teach history as it has occurred. Now, that will always involves viewing the past through the lens of today. That lens will always cast some distortions. It’s inevitable; nevertheless, we should try to come as close to objective truth as possible. Critical Race Theory (CRT) doesn’t actually belong to the domain of history, but it is a sociological theory that deliberately distorts history; furthermore, it relies on a sense of biological determinism that is the opposite of judging people on the content of their character. As much as it’s proponents deny it, CRT pushes the idea that whites are genetically programmed for a certain degree of malevolence - something which can only be countered by keeping them in a perpetual state of guilt (not for anything they did - but just for being white - and therefore inherently bad) and self-hatred. On the other hand, CRT pushes the notion that when people of color - morally superior to whites by virtue of their genetics - do bad things, it’s not their fault. Their bad behavior is the result of sociological factors, i.e. being oppressed by whites.

Real history shows us that blacks, Asians, Hispanics, and Indigenous peoples have had a rough time of it in this country. This has been to widely varying degrees. It also reveals that MUCH has been done to rectify the wrongs of the past, and that whites have always been heavily involved in making things better and more fair for their non-white brethren. Let’s look at a significant example: About 600,000 white men died during the Civil War in a cause which started out as simply preserving the Union, but then morphed to include ending the enslavement of black people in this country. Were those men, who gave the full and final measure to end the bonds of people they would never know, inherently racist?

Consider another aspect of this. I’m currently researching the history of Africa - specifically, West Africa. Every West African tribe engaged in slavery - both for export and for domestic consumption. This practice predated foreign involvement, which started with Arab slave traders. In fact, the Europeans - first the Portuguese, then the Spanish, Dutch, French, and English - inherited a well-developed slave “industry” established by Africans and Arabs centuries before Europeans became involved in it.

How does this apply to CRT? The point is, history is full of villains and saints, and things like race and religion don’t seem to have much to do with it. All people have the capacity for good and evil actions. It seems that we do all have a propensity for exploiting others for our own advantage. The human soul transcends the circumstances in which it finds itself - for better or worse. What’s amazing is that we in this country have expended and enormous amount of energy and resources to swim upstream against the tide of exploitation. We have made things better - for tens of millions of people, both at home and abroad.

At its core, CRT is Marxist and deterministic. It is divisive. It is meant to be. I spent many, many years in the Army, where we all worse the same uniform, where we all had the same mission, where we all faced similar challenges and enjoyed similar opportunities and benefits. The idea was to minimize our differences, and to maximize our shared humanity. CRT is diametrically opposed to those ideals.

As a father of a West Point Cadet, there is no reason that CRT should be taught with the long tradition that West Point has, plus their workload is immense.

Yes. Both Sun Tzu and Clausewitz stressed the concept of knowing your enemy AND knowing yourself.

On the University level, absolutely. Not high school level like some people say is happening. It is not and has not. CRT shows how laws, social and political movements, and media shape, and are shaped by, social conceptions of race and ethnicity. Watch the documentary 13th. That describes it in depth without me trying to put it all here. If you watch 13th and dispute it, all the facts in that documentary are provable. If you don’t want to watch, then you can’t really dispute it exists. Teaching something that is provable is never a bad thing. Ignoring and not wanting to learn is a problem in this country. Ignoring history, however uncomfortable, opens the door to allow it to happen again.

Just teach know history, not a bias history

I served during the turbulent 60's when racial problems were everywhere. Stopping it and reducing the hostility levels was accomplished thru actual leadership, not management. I knew senior PO's that treated people differently after dividing them by colors and their problems never ended.
Treating everyone equally and ignoring anything beyond their performance was the key. Talking about racial equality detracts from what the militaries mission is. You are better off teaching leadership and make that a continuing effort!

DRT is a lie. If you take anyone and put them in a field about 50 yards away at twilight just as the sun sets, you'll know it's a man or woman. Race is not distinguishable. When I get asked my race, I say I'm an Adamite. Not o single person who is living or has ever lived can't trace his roots back to Adam. We're all Adamites. Racist assholes make race an issue. I will not fall into their trap and deception.

CRT, Woke, BLM, the Alphabet... cult are all a bunch FUBAR BS. MLK said it clear and simple. "Judge a man by the content of his character not the color of his skin" Of course we might change man to person.

No; and fire the stupid people who came up with this asinine idea.

I would suggest teaching the Declaration, Constitution and Bill of Rights. I would then follow up with several courses on Values, Principles and Ethics. CRT becomes moot if all of that is truly understood.