Posted on Aug 18, 2021
Critical Race Theory Versus Our National Survival | National Review
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CRT finally brings us to perfect "equity" there are no men faster than any other...no women smarter than any other...no person is more motivated or inspired than any other...we are all just government drones. Kurt Vonnegut wrote an excellent short story way back in 1961. We are almost there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron
Critical Race Theory Versus Our National Survival | National Review
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The national opinion survey taken on Monday and Tuesday found that 57% of adults said they were not familiar with the term, also known by its shorthand, CRT, which asserts that racism is woven into the U.S. legal system and ingrained in its primary institutions.
Many of those who said they were familiar with it answered follow-up questions that showed they embraced a variety of misconceptions about critical race theory that have been largely circulating among conservative media outlets.
For example, 22% of those who said they were familiar with critical race theory also think it is taught in most public high schools. It is not.
Thirty-three percent believe it “says that white people are inherently bad or evil” or that “discriminating against white people is the only way to achieve equality.” It does not.
Among respondents who said they were familiar with CRT, only 5% correctly answered all seven true-false questions that the poll asked about the history and teachings of critical race theory. Only 32% correctly answered more than four of the seven questions.
The poll showed that a bipartisan majority of Americans say that high school students should learn about slavery and racism in America. Yet respondents were more opposed to teaching critical race theory, which maintains that the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow racial segregation laws continues to create an uneven playing field for nonwhite Americans.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/many-americans-embrace-falsehoods-about-critical-race-theory-2021-07-15/
Many of those who said they were familiar with it answered follow-up questions that showed they embraced a variety of misconceptions about critical race theory that have been largely circulating among conservative media outlets.
For example, 22% of those who said they were familiar with critical race theory also think it is taught in most public high schools. It is not.
Thirty-three percent believe it “says that white people are inherently bad or evil” or that “discriminating against white people is the only way to achieve equality.” It does not.
Among respondents who said they were familiar with CRT, only 5% correctly answered all seven true-false questions that the poll asked about the history and teachings of critical race theory. Only 32% correctly answered more than four of the seven questions.
The poll showed that a bipartisan majority of Americans say that high school students should learn about slavery and racism in America. Yet respondents were more opposed to teaching critical race theory, which maintains that the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow racial segregation laws continues to create an uneven playing field for nonwhite Americans.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/many-americans-embrace-falsehoods-about-critical-race-theory-2021-07-15/
Many Americans embrace falsehoods about critical race theory
Critical race theory, a once-obscure academic concept that has sparked school board protests and classroom bans in some states, is largely misunderstood among the general public, even by those who say they are familiar with what it teaches about racism in America, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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Col Joseph Lenertz
I'm not surprised. CRT is still new and growing. Many are unfamiliar and some have misconceptions. Yet I reject CRT on its premises, and I reject the CRT concept of equity.
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Col Joseph Lenertz
The BBC would disagree. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57908808
Critical race theory: the concept dividing the US
An idea borne of legal studies has made its way into the popular discourse, with divisive results.
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MSgt Steve Sweeney
Col Joseph Lenertz - Apparently you didn't read the article, or not closely anyway:
Under "Why did the debate become a national controversy?"
- "Arguably, a large part of the debate has been inflamed and muddled by the activism of a conservative documentary filmmaker named Christopher Rufo."
- "He labelled all of the various episodes and instances he was cataloguing as examples of "critical race theory" in practice, even though the academic discipline was not always an exact fit for what he was documenting."
- "The term, he told the New York Times, made for the "perfect villain" because it sounded academic, elitist, racist and divisive."
Bullshit the right completely made up to go along with their fear-based agenda that requires a "villain" to sustain itself and keep getting money out of those that adhere to the ideology.
Under "Why did the debate become a national controversy?"
- "Arguably, a large part of the debate has been inflamed and muddled by the activism of a conservative documentary filmmaker named Christopher Rufo."
- "He labelled all of the various episodes and instances he was cataloguing as examples of "critical race theory" in practice, even though the academic discipline was not always an exact fit for what he was documenting."
- "The term, he told the New York Times, made for the "perfect villain" because it sounded academic, elitist, racist and divisive."
Bullshit the right completely made up to go along with their fear-based agenda that requires a "villain" to sustain itself and keep getting money out of those that adhere to the ideology.
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Very close to the insanity level. Those of us who know better need to keep pushing back.
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