What Critical Race Theory Actually Is - and Isn't

[@kongab2025]

The first step to engaging in an actual productive dialogue is to define terms. If there is never a consensus of what each party is talking about, there can be no communication.

[@Americansikkunt]

CRT is Marxism re-branded. Marxism is anti-American and unconstitutional.

[@Americansikkunt]

4:24 “we have different definition of r a c I s m”-Ibram Kende You should be concerned when people attempt to change the meaning of words.....

[@grandmak.]

@@Americansikkunt you didn't watch the video, did you ? And you know neither anything about CRT nor about Marxism.

[@alanhyt79]

The terms are defined already. It's just that the racist rightwingers refuse to open a dictionary.

[@Americansikkunt]

@@grandmak. I know it results in Race-Based Wealth Redistribution (Biden’s attempted addition to The CARES Act via The SBA would have given MILLIONS to minority-owned and female-owned Small businesses amidst the pandemic. Do you know why 2 federal courts denied it? It’s enforces Racial and gender discrimination! That unconstitutional! And, I know it leads to 100’s of dropped charges from rioters/looters/arsonists/trespassers, etc (George Soros funded District Attorneys in 6 major cities, in an unprecedented funding of their campaigns, leading to dropped charges from The 2020 Riots). “C’mon man....”

[@datboiderrty]

I hate when people say, “I’m black so logically I can’t be racist.”

[@slevinchannel7589]

HELP! I cant find better History-Coverage and Flaws-in-School-System Coverage than the CRT- and GOP-Videos of "Some More News", so im at my Mean's End.

[@LinkMcStink]

It's disturbing how many of them actually believe that. And it's exactly what crt is promoting.

[@tylersnow75]

@@LinkMcStink if your oppressed you can oppress everyone else

[@mattmccullough1093]

Thank you.

[@mattmccullough1093]

One of the most Racist things I've ever heard someone say is I can't be racist because I'm black not only is that racist but very hypocritical.

[@ronnielee943]

Even if CRT is banned, as Americans, we should learn about ALL of our history & learn how to think critically about race.

[@afgone]

It isn't about history in the sense of teaching people about slavery. It's a lens which you look at everything through - in this case the lens of race. It is a racial consciousness ideology.

[@deeznutz8320]

Especially the White race right? With exception to Jews lol

[@mforge348]

Good thing it has nothing to do with history and nothing to do with thinking critically about race . Why not actually read anything on it ? The entire premise is to view every interaction/transaction wether it be , interpersonal , business , monetary through the lens of race and any negative outcome is due to racism .

[@itsmorphed6416]

Lol . To think critically about race would mean to think the way a critical race theorist would . Nice one

[@KingAries85]

Unfortunately that won’t happen I would say 95% of Americans are ignorant to their own history and 99% ignorant to world history

[@hayleyking9219]

Has anyone in this comment section actually read CRT, as a black American woman with grandchildren in school where a form of CRT is actually taught in their classrooms I decided to read as many books on CRT to further educate myself on the subjects, my findings are as followed, there is discrimination against white folks and many teachers/professors are interpreting the writings into their political beliefs and creating more racism and division, minority groups are not victims or oppressed

[@geelee1977]

Critical race theory is NOTHING but a GIANT post hoc ergo propter hoc logical fallacy.

[@godzilla6490]

You dream of white males

[@hayleyking9219]

@@godzilla6490 No, but I deliver a lot of white males because I'm a midwife 😜

[@sceptre3524]

You’re a liar!

[@Red-xf1lj]

@@hayleyking9219 whats the context? the comments seem to be deleted.

[@N3207H05]

I love how he talks about the importance of Definitions especially of racism, without defining it. Using a lot of big words without saying anything, he would be a great politician.

[@asecretturning]

Your understanding is obscured by your obstinacy.

[@N3207H05]

​@@asecretturning is your comment sarcasm by also using big words without saying anything?

[@Jah_AP]

You probably didnt understand what he meant lmfaooooo I understood everything he said

[@Jah_AP]

You wanted him to say he hates a pale group of ppl no .. he was using big words for you you just couldn’t keep up

[@kirklazenby1]

@@Jah_AP So what was his definition of CRT?

[@emmalouie1663]

It's not inconceivable. It's exactly what they are doing. I've experienced it. Ibram is a hustler.

[@asecretturning]

🤡🤣

[@olliemck60]

Ibram does not teach or espouse CRT. You not knowing that taints your objectivity, and suggest you are the hustler.

[@ronrendon]

@@olliemck60 bingo

[@user-ze3sg6ix1u]

​@@olliemck60 How does he not espouse it? You're saying he doesnt support it? Because that sounds like some BS

[@olliemck60]

@@user-ze3sg6ix1u his focus is on combating individual racism, he is never written anything on CRT. CRT's focus is institutional bias, not individual anything.

[@blueguise23]

These proponants of CRT are master gaslighters.

[@thunkjunk]

Example?

[@bama_b3019]

Yes please I’d love to hear a substantive rebuttal rather than just conclusory statements.

[@DaaviKuparitanner]

Identity politics, wokeism, BLM, CRT, DEI... all the same 😂 race grifters making a buck and lying to youngsters and teaching them to be victims. Evil really. Divided people are easier to rule over. Rich get richer.

[@myfirstcrappyvideobilly]

The fact that this is taught in schools. There's biracial people out there that get caught in the middle of all of this. It was supposed to help combat racism but it just made things worse.

[@kristyandcowreact]

Um. Did you watch the video??? IT IS NOT TAUGHT I SCHOOLS! Well, it's taught in SOME LAW schools. That's it!! It's a legal theory, NOT anything more. Republicans and MAGA folks, like DeSantis are very good at feeding misinformation, invoking fear of that info, and resting in the fact that people wither won't bother to research it for themselves, or, when they do, they won't be able to understand what's happening bc their definition or it is sooooooooo far from the truth, that they assume they are missing something. Please rewatch this video. Find other sources on here about what CRT actually is. It's not what you've been lead to believe. And Kende literally, and very clearly, explained that in this video.

[@c3swift]

says the chubby, short, whit guy.

[@sebcw1204]

it's very important for people to vote in local and state elections.

[@bmbk4725]

@Otto Buczynski but you still get about 50% of what you write down. So it's not all for nothing.

[@bringbackthedislikebutton4CNN]

@@bmbk4725 No, you don’t. Not even close. The preferences of the average American have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.

[@6994rafa]

Even if it’s rigged?

[@logicpolice2451]

Yes. Vote to to ban evil racist divisive nonsense like CRT

[@sebcw1204]

@@logicpolice2451 CRT isn't racist. it's anti-racist. why is it racist to investigate the intersection of law and race? laws were made based on race, that is historical fact. and it had effects that ripple down generations. if blacks are incarcerated at a higher per capita rate, it would be racist to say "welp, i guess blacks are just more criminal". what CRT does, is it looks to see WHY that happens, starting without the racist assumption that blacks are more criminal. when you LOOK at what is dividing us, we can remove those divisions. you can't build a bridge with your eyes closed.

[@chaserofthelight1737]

The way the teacher handled this in my 9 year old child’s class was… racism continues (yes it does), if you are white you are “part of the system that continues to treat people bad, it’s called racism”. My daughter believed she was a bad person because she was told by her teacher she was included with the ones who weren’t nice, and being mean. I realize this is not meant to shame or belittle children. Perhaps this teacher unknowingly presented the information in away that could be misinterpreted by a young child, perhaps she wasn’t even suppose to cover it. But even I as an adult, right off would have thought, “I may be white, but I’m certainly not part of the system that perpetuates systemic racism today”. We have to realize this is being discussed by teachers, some whether they’er suppose to or not, who are human, from all walks of life, they’ve each had their own experiences which shape their beliefs, ideas, their opinions. We know what this is intended to do, but teacher to teacher, class to class, school to school, we have no idea if it is discussed, what is discussed, and if it is discussed by the teacher, how it is being presented. After this took place I called several schools in my state, including my daughter’s school, and other states, speaking to principals, assistant principals, or student counselors, asking about CRT. They told me they had no idea how it would be taught, they didn’t think it was being taught. Some saying they could assure me the teacher wasn’t made to teach anything they’d feel uncomfortable teaching. So I knew no more then when I started, as to the practical use of CRT, as it is unique to each individual that presents it.

[@lisa196409]

If your daughter takes up the same ideology of racist white people then she too is a part of the problem it has nothing to do with making anybody feel bad if you didn't participate in these activities that my ancestors were put through then why would you feel guilty not unless you would still have the same ideologies of your ancestors.

[@emiliagonzaleseuceda9775]

So true they are teaching this in college too

[@capitolmobrecords8720]

what have you done to show others that you do not support racism? Talk is cheap. American history is what it is. CRT is just a smokescreen. The history of America should not be compromised because grown adults lack consciousness and don't want to carry the burden of " European Race theory" any longer. Should children not learn about Darwin's theory still? Should African American studies be removed from curriculums now. These kids shouldn't feel any guilt from the historical past, but it is the adults that have left this behind as inheritance. Offspring always end up paying for the sins of the mother and father eventually.

[@kirklazenby1]

Because it's Marx's dialectical materialism applied to race. Your kid is being told that they are oppressors becuase of their colour, as oppossed to their class

[@josehawking5293]

Who can, if it doesn’t include how an institution that has been part of the fabric of civilization throughout history ended. So in CRT terms, the British Empire along with the United States and with predominantly white people ended slavery on a global scale. But to these CRT’rs, what’s really important is not getting your pacifier🤔 So we gonna get paid to die for your ancestors freedom or are you going to have a temper tantrum instead?🤔

[@GavinCooper05]

The problem is teachers don't know CRT are trying to teach what they think it means. Usually ending up horribly inaccurate and giving them false ideas. Its a reason crt is a theory and should not be adopted. If you have to wait for this guy to tell you the meaning instead of you looking at yourself and understanding it should be a huge red flag.

[@amice1200]

Are you a teacher, Gavin? It's not being taught. Never was in public schools at any level (only in some colleges, law schools). I taught for 32 years, now, and never even heard the term until this all came up as a political issue.

[@phillipogwikans5386]

@@amice1200 Something like CRT is being taught.

[@grandmak.]

@@phillipogwikans5386 what exactly ? Any evidence and examples ? Links ?

[@PhoenixSOUL777]

@@phillipogwikans5386 what? Not white washed history? Or better known as actual History?

[@phillipogwikans5386]

@@PhoenixSOUL777 Lmao, “white-washed”. If you aren’t white, you’re still “white-washed” because you wouldn’t be here without white people.

[@ninadaly7639]

Ok….yet another video claiming to explain CRT that explains nothing…..sigh…..didn’t this dude just write a CRT book for children?

[@N3207H05]

Thought exactly the same, i rly wanted to know what crt actually is, but every Video that claims it would explain just says the other side (allegedly) believes that crt says x but x isnt true. Or they say what crt is for, but not what it is. And this makes me very suspicious.

[@adriennebatchelor3722]

Before defining the topic, which is CRT, one has to understand the meaning of each word separately, then that helps with the further understanding of the said topic. I'll begin with the definition of theory. (Mirriam-Webster) Theory- the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another. A body of theorems presenting a concise systematic view of a subject (example: Charles Darwin theory) (Mirriam-Webster) Critical- exercising or involving careful judgement (example: critical thinking) Starting at 0:40, he begins defining it by saying, "Critical race theory is..." The most important information in his definition is as said, "Critical race theory is an intellectual field...among legal scholars and lawyers who were recognizing that racial disparity was persisting despite public pronouncements that these laws on the books were race-neutral. These scholars recognized that there was something wrong and that they had to take a new critical approach." WHAT IS THAT APPROACH?? "Examining laws, policies, structures in which they recognized were the source of these continuing disparities and NOT what's wrong with people." Critical race theory is the examining of laws, policies, and structures WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT CONTAIN RACIAL DISPARITIES. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE EXAMINING OF PEOPLE, BUT RATHER THE LEGALITIES OF OUR SYSTEMS...the notion that this is about the "sins of people" is objectively incorrect. That was not at all apart of his definition for what crt is. Don't you think it's better knowing that instead of this being about messed up people it's about our messed up systems...and how to fix them...

[@ninadaly7639]

@@adriennebatchelor3722 Ok. You say “CRT is the examining of laws, policies, and structures, which may OR MAY NOT contain racial disparities. This has nothing to do with the examining of people, but rather the legalities of our systems.” Really? So then, CRT has nothing to do with “racism.” It has to do with the legalities of our systems. Then shouldn’t anyone who espouses CRT have a law degree? I mean legality can be a confusing issue to non-attorneys and their opinions, those who aren’t attorneys, should be given no weight because their opinions are ill-informed, right? And isn’t it also true then that those who disagree with the conclusions drawn by CRT proponents should NEVER be called “racists” for disagreeing because CRT is about the “legality” of systems (many of which have been in place for quite a while) and NOT individuals? Thus, you have no problem conceding that “racial disparity” often has nothing to do with contemporary “racism”? The disparity is driven by any number of contributing factors, right? of which racism is not necessarily one? You see the problem is that “critical thinking” goes part and parcel with the “scientific method”, right? Which necessitates healthy skepticism toward any hypothesis, agreed? And if “facts” support more than one perception or explanation, it calls the hypothesis itself into question. True? My problem with CRT is that it starts with the conclusion that the disparity is definitively caused by “racism”. There is really no skepticism at all. It’s a product of a racist country, that perpetuates systems that are racist and everyone in the racist country who lives under “the systems” are necessarily racists. Right? Do you see how ridiculous that sounds from an intellectual standpoint?

[@thelordakira]

@@ninadaly7639 CRT does not use the scientific method. since it places lived experience above facts. so all CRT studies are fraudulent.

[@kristyandcowreact]

​@@ninadaly7639This is the entire point. CRT is not something being taught Yo kids. It's a legal discussion about policies. Like Kendi said, not even all law schools teach it. So, anyone shouting about it being taught in our schools and teaching little white kids to hate themselves are just using the name of it to cause fear and panic. They are using "CRT" as a boogieman. They also are using it as a way to try to get parts of American history removed from history books. So, this video is short, but he's very clear in what CRT is...an examination of policies that tend to be racist and working to change those policies. Period. End of sentence.

[@MrFoxy125]

So explain why Asians have the highest median household income in the USA (2018 Census)? Asian being defined as 16 different races, Indian being at the top.

[@papi-sauce]

Cuz Asians are white 😂

[@JordanWilliams-ix2td]

@@papi-sauce Asians are not white and society will always remind Asians they are not white. sorry to kill your dreams.

[@Doomzdayxx]

@@papi-sauce LOL

[@afgone]

@@papi-sauce So anyone who is successful is white? Then what does that make the unsuccessful?

[@olliemck60]

Because East Indians who come to this country come on advanced visas which require cash and or education, they are almost all upper echelon in India or China and super highly STEM educated.

[@taniksmlgsniper7178]

Getting Ibram Kendi to explain CRT is like getting Hitler to explain Nazism.

[@sceptre3524]

Or like getting whites to explain their racism...

[@c3swift]

HE very clearly explained it. Did you even watch the video?

[@novelcoronaheads]

We used to just call it history in America...Who decided to change the name of the subject...

[@Jah_AP]

Exactly and they lie about everything

[@ronrendon]

republicants!

[@jacoblee5796]

CRT and history are two different things, did you watch the video!?

[@itsmorphed6416]

​@jacoblee5796 one of the unique proponents of crt is history revisionism .

[@joeschmoe233]

My opinion is this is about a perception of social justice. Critical race theory is really about portraying straight white people (especially men) as the oppressors, that they have systematically rigged society for their own benefit: whether the education system, the economic system, or the transportation system, all of society is rigged for the benefit of straight white men. Recognizing the flaw in this philosophy is not to say that racism does not exist, that we should not teach that racism is wrong, or that we should not teach an honest assessment of our history (the good and the bad). It is to say, however, that more than likely it will not be taught in an appropriate manner! I think all citizens in America should have a legitimate concern about this, especially when most public schools are having a difficult time just teaching our students how to read and do math.

[@scottwingate3712]

Well spoken

[@olliemck60]

Actually, truthful history portrays white men as the oppressors, CRT is just used to calculate the damages and recommend remediation.

[@emmalouie1663]

At University I had to take courses based on Critical Race Theory. The instructor was muslim and he said white students are spiritually damaged. Some people are making it confusing by claiming it is a HISTORY LESSON. IT is not a history lesson. It involves many things, social engineering and praxis. Praxis is transformational education that is meant to give students a "critical consciousness." A critical consciousness is a communist consciousness. I've now been studying this stuff for over a year. It is awful what they are doing because it is applied against a student's individual personal identity. It is not a lesson about history where an instructor teaches about history, it is not that. It is schools misusing their positions of authority to create "agents of change." Students who are expecting a relevant education but are viewed by poltical cults within the univesity systems as mere agents...and yes they say some people have bad identities. Most people don't have the interest and motivation to dive very deep into it. Obviously it is dividing people not bringing people together. It's frankly ominous to know that some states are blasting full force with it and other states are going the opposite dirrection. What this is going to mean for the country in the future I am rather worried frankly. We will have more people that hate each other and can't talk to each other. I left the course feeling hateful and disgusted. A theory or language and meaning is a technology. Technology of thought and behavior. Very specific cherry picked narratives about history can be used in an emotional way and they are often SHORT descriptions and simplified, these historical narratives are then applied to a person's individual identity, it can be for some people part of identity formation. The key for why parents and even university students get upset about this is related to identity formation and the group expectation that everybody is more or less a communist and the enemy is 'whiteness' and the conservative candidates running in office also the 'enemy.' I'm not even specifically a conservative, I'm an independent voter but I could never vote for a Democrat after all this nutso stuff. No poltical party should have to be this coercive to get votes. America is going though something really really weird. Even the Civil Rights Office in my state is using communist language like 'coliberation.' I have no problem with reading books about various cultures, histories or black slavery. I do have a problem with forced thought reform. Look up class struggle. It's the releasing of every person's grievances. We all naturally have grievances in life because life is hard but in the CRT based courses they harness grievances and direct them. It's pretty distracting from REAL education. Anyhow. They can call it by many names but I don't care what their jargon is. They are very good at swapping out words and twisting things around. It's still communism.

[@olliemck60]

@@emmalouie1663 CRT is communism, LMAO what a kidder you are; that was hilarious. Thanks I needed a laugh, now take your meds and get some rest!

[@rawvision6701]

@@emmalouie1663 100%

[@captainsmartass3368]

Critical Race Theory isn't teaching kids about RACISM all its TEACHING DIVISION AND VICTIMHOOD

[@godzilla6490]

"IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOU'RE HISTORY, YOU'RE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT!"

[@drewtorres1660]

How far back are you going tho?

[@scottwingate3712]

@@drewtorres1660 no less than 400 years

[@kens5293]

learn the difference between "your" and "you're." You're welcome :) Wow, and those stupid enough to not take 5 second to learn second grade grammar and resort to childish name calling need to SERIOUSLY take a look in the mirror... HOW PATHETIC. Hope you're happy with you're life, because you're a REAL winner :)

[@godzilla6490]

@@kens5293 Dork!

[@kens5293]

Wow, and those stupid enough to not take 5 second to learn second grade grammar and resort to childish name calling need to SERIOUSLY take a look in the mirror... HOW PATHETIC. Hope you're happy with you're life, because you're a REAL winner :)

[@pesquer2211]

Actually… Kendi’s definition in this video reveals the grift. Basically… lawyers discovered social inequality despite colorblind laws and blamed racism for it… it is the problem of reducing complex phenomena to a single variable explanation!! It should be clear as day from what even kendi says that crt is full of problems. It is seeking equity as equality of outcome.

[@jamesbaskerville9800]

Yes, it's never once stated how colorblind laws are racist. 1+1 < 2+2 therefore + is racist. It's an end to end fraud. Most telling is that there is no record EVER of these loons letting their crackpot theories stand up to debate. It's always 100% agreeable interviews and discussion with their buddies.

[@oldschoolsaint]

Bingo. You hit the nail on the head. And the notion that CRT is limited to the legal arena is demonstrably false.

[@kurtcorraleslizano4878]

Hey, I am from another country and I don't know about this “Critical Race Theory”. Can you recommend me some text about it please?

[@pesquer2211]

@@kurtcorraleslizano4878 Absolutely!! You want to start by listening to the New Discourses podcast in KZbin. The podcaster also wrote a book called Race Marxism… I highly recommend you start there and then use it as a jumping off point to read some actual literature from critical race theorists themselves. You may want to read how to be an anti racist by kendi( it is basically using the same worldview of critical race theory) in order to see how they see the world. You may also want to read a simple cook called critical race theory:an introduction by Richard Delgado so that you read it straight from their mouth. Hope this helps!!!

[@kurtcorraleslizano4878]

@@pesquer2211 thanks a lot!

[@kens5293]

Here's the REAL problem with our country, POSSIBLY the entire world; so many people SAY they want equality, but in reality want only equality that BENEFITS THEM. Teaching ANYONE of ANY age, ethnicity OR gender that they are better or worse than someone else for reasons they have no control over is inherently wrong, and that INCLUDES teaching anyone today that they are guilty of the sins or their ancestors or teaching anyone that they deserve reparations for something they had nothing to do with. SO many people run their mouth about equality, without ever understanding what it TRULY means. Yes, each and everyone is DIFFERENT, but we will NEVER be equal as long as someone is pointing their finger at someone else and blaming them for all their shortcomings, or telling others that they are inherently an oppressor due to the color of their skin, or even worse, their gender. Yes, I want TRUE equality, I've wanted it all my life, but sadly, with how backwards 98% of the world now seems to think, I don't think I'll see it in my lifetime.

[@negloblaxon7616]

Blah blah blah more White Supremacist rhetoric. Reparations are what is Righteousness, so therefore ALL WHITE SUPREMACISTS ARE AGAINST IT.

[@likeagenieinabottle1591]

CRT is not about any race being intrinsically better or worse than another. Its about acknowledging the privileges different groups in society have.

[@rachelnelson8518]

@@likeagenieinabottle1591 based on group classifications surrounding race… “critical RACE theory”.

[@lisafiore7081]

@@likeagenieinabottle1591 I feel that Black privilege exists.

[@slevinchannel7589]

HELP! I cant find better History-Coverage and Flaws-in-School-System Coverage than the CRT- and GOP-Videos of "Some More News", so im at my Mean's End.

[@barbarahartlen4052]

Hay, DeSantis it not taught in schools K - 12 nor in colleges unless you are actually going to become a lawyer. Stop lying to the people of your state and this country.

[@golantrevize515]

@Z Ham ⬅️ notorious troll. And blatantly ignorant. 😘

[@golantrevize515]

@Z Ham funny how you evoke the concept of racial essentialism but it clearly is what you’ve being doing over the time, on that channel. Look at yourself in the mirror.

[@cassiusdhami9215]

🤔"Notorious" @@golantrevize515? More like lazy.

[@golantrevize515]

@@cassiusdhami9215 I agree on the laziness witch, to be honest, is ok to me. But the full time trolls can’t help it : Like winter, they always come back.

[@phillipogwikans5386]

@@golantrevize515 You really don’t know what CRT is, do you?

[@beardedninja8377]

Isnt that the dude who calls in group preference in 3 month old baby rascism ?

[@jackaljade]

I really doubt a 3 month old baby showed racial group preference. What experiment was this?? Do you have a source??

[@beardedninja8377]

@@jackaljade im just pointing out he said so, you can probably find his sources somewhere, he probably wrotes it in his book " antirascist-baby".

[@DosAleph]

@@jackaljade its a literal book now

[@chesterlestrange7725]

His definition of racist uses the word racisim and racist multiple times. No one should take what he says seriously.

[@jasmine-kg7dd]

Because they are born into a racist world and automatically think that black is wrong and white is safe.

[@Klaaninka]

And yet the National Teachers Association endorses Critical Race Theory. You wouldn’t be gaslighting us, would you, Ibram?

[@slevinchannel7589]

"Some More News" has a Video on CRT and TWO on MLK.

[@fredflintstone5776]

I don’t understand this idea that this was something taught in law school. I thought in philosophy “critical theory” was a system of thought such as Marxism is a Critical theory in its position as anti capitalist. I have never understood this idea that it was some kind of legal doctrine, other than a lot of lawyers wrote about it. Anyone else know? I am not a lawyer.

[@ShadowKAMII]

I’m tired of rich collage kids telling me I’m privileged

[@imagineitagain558]

I'll define racism for him right now. "Belief in the superiority or inferiority of groups based on the concept of 'race.'" You can add the modifier "systemic" or "institutional" to describe structural forms of racism.

[@darrelleffingeez]

But based on your own definition, ‘structures’ can’t be racist

[@imagineitagain558]

@@darrelleffingeez you are right in the sense that a piece of paper or a law isn’t itself racist because it doesn’t have belief of its own, however it’s entirely possible (and historically true) that racists individuals who have various levels of power and influence could craft legislation that targets “racial” groups. This would be systemic, and could persist after the individual is gone, in which case it would very much fit the definition of “systemic” racism because it’s less about individuals and more about infrastructure, social policy and laws that are discriminatory against people considered to be of a particular race. Does that make sense?

[@johnedston]

41-year-old Ibram X. Kendi has taken the No. 1 spot on People With Money’s top 10 highest-paid activists for 2023 with an estimated $75 million in combined earnings.

[@c3swift]

according to who? infowars? russia today? you're closetted boyfriend?

[@colyn4968]

A better video is Ryan Chapman's political neutral review of CRT. Ryan steps through the actual material so you can see for yourself. Kendi was formerly Henry Rogers. If you'd read what this guy wrote under his previous name you wouldn't give him the time of day.

[@Someone_Unknown90]

I agree that Chapmans video was very informative but I think this guy explains it well also

[@colyn4968]

Kendi's interpretation as described here is in contradiction to the writings that collectively make CRT. So, as a matter of curiosity, in what way specifically does Kendi explain it well?

[@Someone_Unknown90]

@@colyn4968 the common misconceptions also what specific contradictions are you talking about

[@jerrymiller9039]

@@Someone_Unknown90 Kendi lies about it.

[@sohu86x]

I'd rather trust a professor than some random KZbinr.

[@goosestep8665]

He is never challenged face to face on his views. What a Con!

[@jamesbaskerville9800]

That's the one unifying factor is every race grifter. They are very, very careful never to permit any actual debate on their theories. If you don't already agree 100% then they ain't talking to you.

[@c3swift]

are you dunce? literally IN THIS VIDEO he is doing interviews face to face. You're the con... you're prolly really short too.

[@DontUputThatEvilOnMe]

I think there is a push back on crt is because people aren’t teaching it the way he is saying it should be taught.

[@Jah_AP]

Exactly they just dont want the truth to come out and we didnt come from africa neither

[@jamesmcmillian9896]

Of course there is push back. People explaining anything wrong can have a totally different and more dangerous meaning. That's why it does belong in public schools. Save it for law school.

[@angeldip5797]

It shouldn’t be taught

[@jasmine-kg7dd]

@@angeldip5797 Why? Did you hear the guy? You're just to sensitive to understand the problem in the USA.

[@jamesmcmillian9896]

@@angeldip5797 I agree it should not be taught in public schools or anywhere the students cannot voice their disagreements.

[@michaelpcoffee]

"More important, as critical race theorists we adopt a stance that PRESUMES that racism has contributed to ALL contemporary manifestations of group advantage and disadvantage along RACIAL lines, including differences in income, imprisonment,health, housing, education, political representation, and military service. Our history calls for this PRESUMPTION." "Words That Wound: Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech, and the First Amendment" by Matsuda, Lawrence III, Delgado, and KIMBERLE' WILLIAMS CRENSHAW Those are their words from their intellectual papers: It is the entire foundation of the premise. CRT promotes the notion that the fact that a group is measurably superior is proof that everybody in that group is guilty; and, that a group being inferior is proof that everybody in that group is a victim. Further: this principle projects through time; asserting that what happened to the long dead projects onto the guilt or victimhood of the living; even if the living never experienced it at all........... CRT uses history and statistics to justify using government force to implement racial discrimination. CRT obviates the need for any thought, word or act of racism as proof of their presumed verdict. All they need is their preferred race measuring less favorably than another. Regardless of the cause: they declare their favored race to be victims of the other. Then they would use real government enforced discrimination in response to their presumed discrimination; altering laws, policies and practices to favor their preferred race. All for the stated purpose of forcibly making the measurements between races identical. The operative question is whether you support using government force to implement racial discrimination. All the rest is academic. My answer is no.

[@LinkMcStink]

It's mind boggling how blatantly it's laid out & yet there are STILL people who vehemently support CRT & also claim not to be racist. 🙄

[@olliemck60]

When the government forces a driver to repair your car after they crash into you is that government-enforced discrimination against 'bad drivers'? The operative question is, given 400 hundred years of government ENFORCED, DISASTEROUSLY, HARMFUL BIAS, what would you do, and from your position of privilege, you said, you would do NOTHING.

[@michaelpcoffee]

@@olliemck60 So; that's a 'yes' from you. Somebody did something to you for 400 years?! How old are you?! You are correct. The government is not a person: it is a tool. The tool is not responsible for what people do with it. The current wielders of a tool are not responsible for what previous wielders did with it. Race entitles you to nothing. Race convicts you of nothing. Sharing the race of a victim does not make you a victim. Sharing the race of a villian does not make you a villian. Being related to a victim does not make you a victim. The dead owe and are owed nothing. Forcing the innocent to pay nonvictims for something that happened to neither of them is not reparations. Reparations is actual proven victims being compensated by their actual violators. Nobody gets paid reparations for being a race.

[@olliemck60]

@@michaelpcoffee Well at least you are smart enough to know what the REAL struggle with CRT is, it is NOT all of this BS about teaching hate to children, it is about restitution. Ok with YOU I will have an adult conversation. The government represents people, as in 'we the people', it did not say we the government formed a perfect union; we the people cosigned on every discriminatory policy, procedure, and law enacted and enforced by the GOVERNMENT, and black folk suffered the consequences; so just like the Japanese victims, whose land and livelihood was confiscated during their internment, the government must make restitution to them or their heirs if they had passed away. Running out the clock by refusing to pay restitution for over 400 years, should not reward the perpetrator with immunity.

[@michaelpcoffee]

@@olliemck60 Exactly; Reparations is actual proven victims being compensated by their actual violators. That includes proven legal heirs. The one seeking to take what someone else has bears the burden of proof.

[@prisonmike4971]

This is politiking at it's finest- taking up arms against an imaginary enemy labeled with a fundemental misunderstanding of the label.

[@jeffGordon852]

CTR shouldn't be taught to kid, but those same KID should be allowed to choose their gender, right?

[@chesterlestrange7725]

Both are wrong.

[@Jah_AP]

Ctr needs to be taught in schools and no one should be changing their gender

[@jumptoit3812]

They say it isn’t being taught, and when it’s shown that it is, they say it’s good that it is.

[@itsmorphed6416]

Yep . They are deceivers.

[@DavidThomas-me6pi]

The disparities persist because Black people and white people make different choices about their lives. Not because the system is “systemically racist“

[@colyn4968]

1000 times this ^

[@jason854656]

@@colyn4968 go to school please

[@ianbenderman6880]

Lol image saying this racist comment thinking your right lmao bro we go to school we work jobs we do the same thing making a generalized statement is crazy

[@ianbenderman6880]

Some times you do lose your job or position due to your skin color buts what's more likely is people who are racist will just hint and compare and treat you as the stereotypes of your race. Racists aren't openly racist anymore

[@ianbenderman6880]

It's just funny cause if there isn't systemic racism then why the generalized statement between white and black 😂

[@timcarm]

Read X's books then decide. Dont listen to him say what CRT isnt. Read what he says it is!

[@matthewsaunders4820]

I just graduated with a Master's of Education and there was not one class where CRT was on the syllabus. Student's wanted to learn more about it and I had one classmate who had to enroll in a CRT class through the School of Law where only 20 people could take it. The class was also only held once a year and my classmate wasn't even interested in being a teacher. The thought that CRT is being taught in schools is ridiculous. It's not even being taught in teacher preparation programs and barely being taught in law schools as Kendi just mentioned.

[@hamatsa_]

CRT is what happened to the natives-- leftists only replaced the church and residential schools on reservations. They only build cheap schools on reservations to deny special education needs of welfare cases multiplying unabounded. The few that do make it through are lobbied and ushered by there own professors into social justice where they return home unqualified to aid illiterate children with math. Youth are committing suicide with no history of abuse or drugs or alcohol at an unprecedented rate.

[@beardedninja8377]

Critical race praxis is being applied in schools though. Asking 8 years old to check their racial privileges is like the priest that tells you their is no religion in class but asks his 8 years students to "check their sins." The theory isnt being thaught, but it is being put in practice to create young activists.

[@olliemck60]

@@beardedninja8377 CRT does not even address individual feelings or sins, so you obviously do not know what you are talking about. CRT addresses systemic racism in policies and is not taught ink-12. Here is a CRT question from my CRT course - Calculate the present value of the exclusion of freedmen from the homestead act, and provide the legal strategy for making a claim for damages; that anyone would think CRT is taught in k-12 is laughable.

[@beardedninja8377]

@@olliemck60 you didnt adress my point in any way. I didnt say CRT, i said critical race praxis or critical race applied principles if you prefer, those are not the same if you know, as you claim, what you are talking about. The concept of white privilege is an example, saying all white people are priviledged because of the colors of their skins, ergo original sin and also quite rascist.

[@beardedninja8377]

@@olliemck60 i know CRT is a legal theory used in law school. The problem comes when some people use it as a lens to look at everything else in present life and assume every inequal outcome must be the product of rascism, because thats the lens you are looking at it through. Do you understand now why parents dont want their children to be indoctrinated into hating themselves for something they never did ?

[@warriorx5775]

Everybody seems to forget that 360000 a 1000 Union soldiers fought against slavery. I'm white I love everybody the same equally until until you do something against me I won't even go out of my way to retaliate it's 2022 we need to let the past die and never forget it so we don't repeat it. That's the cold hard facts everybody needs to stop using the past as a crutch for their own gain. Why do we not talk about this part of history? We are all truly related. We all want the same things in the end. Live eachother deeply and everything else will be easier. We have all come so far together. We need to stop letting them pull us apart. Do not be a sheep be a Sheppard. It's harder but you will die fulfilled.

[@olliemck60]

The only union soldiers that fought against slavery were black, the union fought to keep the union, not against slavery.

[@aaronthenorm5400]

​@@olliemck60 Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better! But lots of union soldiers caught for the freedoms of all Americans! [ It is similar to how lots of Americans are currently fighting to end personal freedoms of us now.! Like being able to vote without being threatened! Or our rights to be allowed to get any book we want to read from a library; and not have to buy a copy!] All you have to do is look up the letters from Union soldiers that were sent to sweethearts back home that state the feelings of These soldiers! They included that they were fighting to end slavery. And I know enough about the commie-red cap wearers agenda to know you'll find some bull 💩 way to spin their words to make it seem as if they didn't care.

[@craigrogers-ky2mr]

This guy is the most racist person I have ever heard speak

[@K.e.r.s.t.i.n.]

I agree. We have popular CRT activists Like Kendi in Germany, too. Unfortunately, they have influence on education and politics.

[@amigochevere5217]

CRT started in the late 60s and then came poor immigrants from Asia and the Middle East and now successful, CRT advocates don't have an answer

[@rollercoaster55]

Another puff propaganda piece, this time on CRT. Why am I not surprised. Next up: Why it's good for us to quadruple energy costs.

[@prayeddanny]

imagine calling something you dont agree with propaganda lol

[@rollercoaster55]

@@prayeddanny Imagine making asinine comments that assume you know a complete stranger and you know that they think everything they don't agree with is propaganda. Sounds batshit crazy. That came out of your head, not mine. That's where your head is at, not mine. Of course there's a lot of things I don't agree with that I don't think are propaganda.

[@barbarahartlen4052]

Thank you for the real definition of CRT.

[@phillipogwikans5386]

Wow, you really don’t understand anything, do you?

[@golantrevize515]

@@phillipogwikans5386 ⬅️ The dunce of the class has spoken.

[@Americansikkunt]

Lol so “real”....

[@Americansikkunt]

Please read the philosopher Marcuse.

[@Hertz2laugh]

Kendi's description of CRT is the one people give to "outsiders" in order to pass as something harmless. "It's just a legal theory aimed at rooting out conscious and unconscious racism!" The reality is that all critical theories are essentially variants of Marxism which is an outgrowth of Hegelianism. In the easiest way to summarize CRT is the phrase "race Marxism" -- it is more or less Marxism but you swap out "class" (which is what Marx was focused on) with "race". People unsatisfied or disillusioned with Marxism's failure to cause revolution in the west went looking for other ways to get that revolution. The west is inherently resistant to "vanilla" Marxism because, unlike in Russia, capitalism was providing the common man with an extremely high standard of living (even if the elites had much higher standards). The abundance created by western capitalism made it virtually impossible to create a revolution based on class differences because even the low class in America had it pretty good. So Marxism failed and the "intellectuals" who were still wanting revolution went looking for something else that would work to create the revolution in the west. All critical theories are variants of Marxism designed to destabilize western capitalism in order to bring about revolution that leads to a (Marxist) utopia. Critical Race Theory came about after the violent race agitators in the 60's realized that their methods were backfiring -- the common American person who was supposed to become the footsoldier for revolution was turned off by how disruptive the cause was. So the revolutionaries abandoned the "brute force" method and decided to infiltrate American institutions instead -- they aimed at institutions related to law, education, and media. And now here we are decades later with a nearly fully captures education system and severely infected law and media systems.

[@bennettgrimm2618]

CRT assigns a racial identity to several continents worth of people, then assigns blame to that group for the actions of a few members. Its like if I blamed Snoop Dogg for the Rwandan genocide.

[@afgone]

Good analogy.

[@Olivia256189]

It's like blaming all Japanese for Pearl Harbor attacks. Conversely, it's like blaming all Americans for the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. That's what this reminds me of.

[@bennettgrimm2618]

@@Olivia256189 not "all Japanese people" each Japanese person individually is responsible for pearl harbor according to CRT

[@adriennebatchelor3722]

Before defining the topic, which is CRT, one has to understand the meaning of each word separately, then that helps with the further understanding of the said topic. I'll begin with the definition of theory. (Mirriam-Webster) Theory- the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another. A body of theorems presenting a concise systematic view of a subject (example: Charles Darwin theory) (Mirriam-Webster) Critical- exercising or involving careful judgement (example: critical thinking) Starting at 0:40, he begins defining it by saying, "Critical race theory is..." The most important information in his definition is as said, "Critical race theory is an intellectual field...among legal scholars and lawyers who were recognizing that racial disparity was persisting despite public pronouncements that these laws on the books were race-neutral. These scholars recognized that there was something wrong and that they had to take a new critical approach." WHAT IS THAT APPROACH?? "Examining laws, policies, structures in which they recognized were the source of these continuing disparities and NOT what's wrong with people." Critical race theory is the examining of laws, policies, and structures WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT CONTAIN RACIAL DISPARITIES. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE EXAMINING OF PEOPLE, BUT RATHER THE LEGALITIES OF OUR SYSTEMS...the notion that this is about the "sins of people" is objectively incorrect. That was not at all apart of his definition for what crt is. Don't you think it's better knowing that instead of this being about messed up people it's about our messed up systems...and how to fix them...

[@bennettgrimm2618]

@@adriennebatchelor3722 like banning menthol cigarettes or handing out free crack pipes for example?

[@matthewbrown8679]

Whatever Dr. Kendi means by CRT, I've seen what the populist version of CRT has done to my daughter. First she learned that not only did her "perspective" not matter, but that it was "priviledged" for her to even dare have an opinion. She accepted this in large part out of pressure to be accepted by her husband and his family. This made her extremely vulnerable to suggestion not only from them, but from people of color with far more extreme ideas. But some ideas of CRT don't on face value seem that extreme. The expansion of the definition of "Racism" does not appear to be intended to indict all white people as being evil. However the wider net thus cast catches all white people in the definition. But with this watering down of the annotation of the word, the connotation of the word and stigma remains. My daughter was taught that the word applied to her in a nuanced way, but the nuance did not nuance her shame, or the impact on her self image. Her reaction was two-fold. One was to throw herself full on into "anti-racism", heart and soul. That destroyed self image she had was projected onto others. Rather than despising herself she turned to despising white family mrmbers who refuse to follow her new found dogma. She went from a conservative, but very open minded, tolerant person who had close friends with views that differed widely from hers to someone who simply cannot abide opiniond that differbfrom hers. The second change was via intersectionality. It gave her a way out of what she viewed as an inherently morally inferior position. She adopted the notion of the patriarchy, and of "gender construction" theory. She now actively looks for racism and misogyny in every thing she sees and hears. And of course she finds it. She has developed a pathologically negative, victim mentality she never had before. My sweet, precious daughter has sunk deep into narcissism. She is estranged from her own family, and seeks the valudation she so desperately needs by cross dressing and feminizing her 4 year old son (so she can feel like the wondeful, accepting parent of a transgender child, I suspect). She now drinks alcohol to be like the person she was in high school (Ironic, because in high school she didnt ever drink). So no, i'm not a fan.

[@dude999642]

Kendi says that the best way to cure past discrimination is current discrimination - so he's a racist. He. Is. A. Racist. So you're promoting a RACIST in your videos.

[@doomguy510]

Yes, Critical Race Theory is just Marxism based on Race. Instead of a Bourgeoisie and a Proletariat they made it White people vs non-White people. That's about as simple as i can explain it.

[@dude999642]

@@doomguy510 Great comment.

[@doomguy510]

@@dude999642 (・ω・)b

[@c3swift]

YOu sre a hort person aren't you? I bet you're short. Kendrick lamar short.

[@oriongear2499]

If I had a child/children who were being taught CRT in school, I’d pull them out of school and have them home-schooled.

[@olliemck60]

you would home-school college juniors, and law students how embarrassing.

[@jordoogang5816]

​@@olliemck60😂😂

[@MichaelDouglas-ti1eb]

If you’d like to hear a thorough unbiased (or as close to unbiased as reasonably possible) explanation of critical race theory, Ryan Chapman has an excellent video on it.

[@zzz-nu2re]

Best objective straight to the point video with cited sources from critical race theorist

[@claytonbrown7622]

This is the 4th video to 'explain' it by saying 'some people say it's bad, but it's actually good'. I still don't know what it is or teaches haha. All we get are sound bites from media!

[@olliemck60]

are you familiar with six sigma, if so think of crt as six sigma but instead of resolving defects you remediate bias,

[@eepersa4055]

its a look at how racism presents itself through law, and how it systematically oppresses ppl

[@olliemck60]

@@eepersa4055 CRT focuses more on disparate results from policy, procedure, habit, and custom than law, as racial systems are very clever about hiding bias by making it seem lawfully colorblind.

[@adriennebatchelor3722]

Before defining the topic, which is CRT, one has to understand the meaning of each word separately, then that helps with the further understanding of the said topic. I'll begin with the definition of theory. (Mirriam-Webster) Theory- the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another. A body of theorems presenting a concise systematic view of a subject (example: Charles Darwin theory) (Mirriam-Webster) Critical- exercising or involving careful judgement (example: critical thinking) Starting at 0:40, he begins defining it by saying, "Critical race theory is..." The most important information in his definition is as said, "Critical race theory is an intellectual field...among legal scholars and lawyers who were recognizing that racial disparity was persisting despite public pronouncements that these laws on the books were race-neutral. These scholars recognized that there was something wrong and that they had to take a new critical approach." WHAT IS THAT APPROACH?? "Examining laws, policies, structures in which they recognized were the source of these continuing disparities and NOT what's wrong with people." Critical race theory is the examining of laws, policies, and structures WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT CONTAIN RACIAL DISPARITIES. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE EXAMINING OF PEOPLE, BUT RATHER THE LEGALITIES OF OUR SYSTEMS...

[@emmalouie1663]

At University I had to take courses based on Critical Race Theory. The instructor was muslim and he said white students are spiritually damaged. Some people are making it confusing by claiming it is a HISTORY LESSON. IT is not a history lesson. It involves many things, social engineering and praxis. Praxis is transformational education that is meant to give students a "critical consciousness." A critical consciousness is a communist consciousness. I've now been studying this stuff for over a year. It is awful what they are doing because it is applied against a student's individual personal identity. It is not a lesson about history where an instructor teaches about history, it is not that. It is schools misusing their positions of authority to create "agents of change." Students who are expecting a relevant education but are viewed by poltical cults within the univesity systems as mere agents...and yes they say some people have bad identities. Most people don't have the interest and motivation to dive very deep into it. Obviously it is dividing people not bringing people together. It's frankly ominous to know that some states are blasting full force with it and other states are going the opposite dirrection. What this is going to mean for the country in the future I am rather worried frankly. We will have more people that hate each other and can't talk to each other. I left the course feeling hateful and disgusted. A theory or language and meaning is a technology. Technology of thought and behavior. Very specific cherry picked narratives about history can be used in an emotional way and they are often SHORT descriptions and simplified, these historical narratives are then applied to a person's individual identity, it can be for some people part of identity formation. The key for why parents and even university students get upset about this is related to identity formation and the group expectation that everybody is more or less a communist and the enemy is 'whiteness' and the conservative candidates running in office also the 'enemy.' I'm not even specifically a conservative, I'm an independent voter but I could never vote for a Democrat after all this nutso stuff. No poltical party should have to be this coercive to get votes. America is going though something really really weird. Even the Civil Rights Office in my state is using communist language like 'coliberation.' I have no problem with reading books about various cultures, histories or black slavery. I do have a problem with forced thought reform. Look up class struggle. It's the releasing of every person's grievances. We all naturally have grievances in life because life is hard but in the CRT based courses they harness grievances and direct them. It's pretty distracting from REAL education. Anyhow. They can call it by many names but I don't care what their jargon is. They are very good at swapping out words and twisting things around. It's still communism.

[@bearhall4919]

You can't say CRT is racist... thats racist! Hmm.

[@lesarbuckle2541]

CRT is revenge posing as scholarship.

[@gablespark173]

400+ years since slavery began and 155+ years since it ended, and you think this is revenge? Smh you are the epitome of willful ignorance.

[@lesarbuckle2541]

@@gablespark173 Slavery didn't "begin" 400 years ago. You have just pointed out the fallacy of your own point. Slavery began when HUMANITY began and blacks are just as guilty of it as white people. You might want to ask yourself who it was that sold all those black people to European and Arab slavers. Hint: It was black people selling the people of conquered tribes. If you want to explore the history of slavery, start at the SOURCE: Africa

[@gablespark173]

@@lesarbuckle2541 listen. Do not attempt to gaslight me. Lol you know we are talking about the trans-Atlantic slave trade. I know my history but you dont know yours. Lol funny yall always know more about our history than your own. You skipped over my ENTIRE point. I was responding to the revenge comment. You said nothing to that. Lol funny and a waste of time.

[@apuapustaja1958]

@@gablespark173 Your response isn't even logical, it's your opinion.

[@apuapustaja1958]

@@gablespark173 *y'all* = clearly you are a critical race theorist and have nothing of value to add to this fake conversation.

[@thunkjunk]

Kendi: ""The anti-racist position has largely stated that inequality is the result of policy and RACIST policy. So therefore, the problem isn't bad people the problem is bad policy. So, it is important if we want to eliminate INEQUALITY, to identify those bad policies and replace them with the types of policies that can create EQUITY...and justice for all."" -Can't help notice the switch there between EQUALITY and EQUITY. He wants to switch from an individualist and liberal society to a collectivist socialist society. -Also, he has yet to name JUST ONE bad policy or RACIST policy. So, when you make a claim without evidence then I can dismiss it without evidence.

[@gabedef1021]

u are telling me that in a 5 min video of this guy talking abt how CRT is misinterpreted and isnt defined correctly failed to actually provide a definition of CRT :/

[@bonniedykstra6722]

It’s ridiculous

[@c3swift]

HE very clearly explained it. Did you even watch the video?

[@chekitatheanimatedskeptic6314]

For anyone saying he didn't define anything, start at the beginning again 0:40 for CRT and 3:23 for Racism and please work on your reading compreehension skills for them to go beyond your inability to hear what is contrary to your beliefs.

[@chesterlestrange7725]

Thats a lot of words for "I just want to be racist without repercussions".

[@slevinchannel7589]

HELP! I cant find better History-Coverage and Flaws-in-School-System Coverage than the CRT- and GOP-Videos of "Some More News", so im at my Mean's End.

[@chesterlestrange7725]

@@slevinchannel7589 .....k

[@adriennebatchelor3722]

Before defining the topic, which is CRT, one has to understand the meaning of each word separately, then that helps with the further understanding of the said topic. I'll begin with the definition of theory. (Mirriam-Webster) Theory- the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another. A body of theorems presenting a concise systematic view of a subject (example: Charles Darwin theory) (Mirriam-Webster) Critical- exercising or involving careful judgement (example: critical thinking) Starting at 0:40, he begins defining it by saying, "Critical race theory is..." The most important information in his definition is as said, "Critical race theory is an intellectual field...among legal scholars and lawyers who were recognizing that racial disparity was persisting despite public pronouncements that these laws on the books were race-neutral. These scholars recognized that there was something wrong and that they had to take a new critical approach." WHAT IS THAT APPROACH?? "Examining laws, policies, structures in which they recognized were the source of these continuing disparities and NOT what's wrong with people." Critical race theory is the examining of laws, policies, and structures WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT CONTAIN RACIAL DISPARITIES. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE EXAMINING OF PEOPLE, BUT RATHER THE LEGALITIES OF OUR SYSTEMS...the notion that this is about the "sins of people" is objectively incorrect. That was not at all apart of his definition for what crt is. Don't you think it's better knowing that instead of this being about messed up people it's about our messed up systems...and how to fix them...

[@emmalouie1663]

At University I had to take courses based on Critical Race Theory. The instructor was muslim and he said white students are spiritually damaged. Some people are making it confusing by claiming it is a HISTORY LESSON. IT is not a history lesson. It involves many things, social engineering and praxis. Praxis is transformational education that is meant to give students a "critical consciousness." A critical consciousness is a communist consciousness. I've now been studying this stuff for over a year. It is awful what they are doing because it is applied against a student's individual personal identity. It is not a lesson about history where an instructor teaches about history, it is not that. It is schools misusing their positions of authority to create "agents of change." Students who are expecting a relevant education but are viewed by poltical cults within the univesity systems as mere agents...and yes they say some people have bad identities. Most people don't have the interest and motivation to dive very deep into it. Obviously it is dividing people not bringing people together. It's frankly ominous to know that some states are blasting full force with it and other states are going the opposite dirrection. What this is going to mean for the country in the future I am rather worried frankly. We will have more people that hate each other and can't talk to each other. I left the course feeling hateful and disgusted. A theory or language and meaning is a technology. Technology of thought and behavior. Very specific cherry picked narratives about history can be used in an emotional way and they are often SHORT descriptions and simplified, these historical narratives are then applied to a person's individual identity, it can be for some people part of identity formation. The key for why parents and even university students get upset about this is related to identity formation and the group expectation that everybody is more or less a communist and the enemy is 'whiteness' and the conservative candidates running in office also the 'enemy.' I'm not even specifically a conservative, I'm an independent voter but I could never vote for a Democrat after all this nutso stuff. No poltical party should have to be this coercive to get votes. America is going though something really really weird. Even the Civil Rights Office in my state is using communist language like 'coliberation.' I have no problem with reading books about various cultures, histories or black slavery. I do have a problem with forced thought reform. Look up class struggle. It's the releasing of every person's grievances. We all naturally have grievances in life because life is hard but in the CRT based courses they harness grievances and direct them. It's pretty distracting from REAL education. Anyhow. They can call it by many names but I don't care what their jargon is. They are very good at swapping out words and twisting things around. It's still communism.

[@iuliak8411]

Some comments about what Mr. Kendi said: He said "The anti-racist position has largely stated that inequality is the result of policy," - not always, sometimes it's a result of how the policies are applied For example, (I would talk about Brown v. Board of Education but I have to explain Plessy v. Furgeson for context first) in the case of Plessy v Ferguson in 1896, the Supreme Court decided the doctorine of "separate but equal" which said that people could be segregated as long as the facilities provided for each race were equal in quality, which did not happen (equal facilities were not provided during segregation). Black schools were heavily underfunded for example, which led to poor school conditions and lower educationl outcmes and attainment. People who didn't want to allow desegregation to occur - be they lay people or people in the government, were bad people - at least by our standards today, though in some cases they were bad even in their time, though you've got to keep in mind that people are on a spectrum, like not everyone who was for segregation had a violent disposition towards integration or a dislike towards black people, some people were just used to segregation and thought it was normal to continue it - though many were violently opposed to it (to integration). Some people are not bad people though, like Barbara Henry, the teacher of Ruby Bridges who was the only teacher at Ruby's school willing to teach a racially integrated class when a court mandated that Ruby be sent to an integrated school, in which case the local white school had to integrate her, and thankfully she wa escorted by a group of police that was there to protect her, but they did their job and Ruby was able to go to school there, which later became integrated when people started to send their kids that they had pulled out of the school that first school year that Ruby was there. But yes, a good policy can ne made bad through the actions of the people who implement it if their actions (how they implement the policy) are bad, and of their actions are bad, which speaks about their character which is or has become mean and their mentality which is bad. Saying that the people who do bad things are not bad at best does not give you a case to argue because if those people are not bad, how is the policy they wrote bad, or how can they be implementing the policy in a bad way? For example, the first time that Brown v Board of Education was argued before the Supreme Court it was determined that keeping students racially segregated was not equal treatment of blacks and whites. The second time it was argued, in 1955, it was to determine how reintegration should be done. Some argued that it should be done all at once, some argued that it should be done in slowly over time so that integration would become accepted (the way you get used to something that's introduced little by little). In Brown v Board II, the court decided that the task of integration be left to the schools themselves, for example, to make sure that they had the necessary materials and procedures in place to do so (like what students would go to what schools to make sure the schools wouldn't become overcrowded and to make sure that the bussing system was set up to take kids to the right schools - and allowed schools to ask for extensions if they didn't have the proper system in place), and the lower courts would have to make sure that the schools acted in good faith. So the desegregation of schools was a good policy - but the people who implemented integration were bad because they dragged their feet in implementing the policy for as long as they could. - So if those people were not bad, how was he way they implemented the policy bad? And what case do you have to argue then? If a good policy can be implemented in a bad way, likewise a bad policy can be implemented with the bad intent it was written with, a good policy can be implemented with the good intent it was written with, like if the schools had actually implemented integration as quickly as possible, to paraphrase the decision of the Supreme Court, or bad laws could ne implemented in a good way, for example, if people had let the laws of segregation slip and slowly (or quickly) started serving black and white people in the same establishments, but you cannot be afraid to call people bad if they're racist, or good if they're not racist, otherwise if you cannot call people bad you cannot call them racist, and if you cannot call people good, you cannot call them not racist - the term racist cannot exist outside of the context of good and bad. That's why it bothers me when Mr. Kendi says it "So therefore, the problem isn't bad people, the problem is bad policy" - I understand that he is well intentioned, but like I said above, the term racist cannot exist outside of the context of good and bad. Next, Mr. Kendi says "People who argue racism no longer exists have one definition of racism that I've been trying to pin down for a while. They refuse to actually define it." - To that I have to say, Next, Mr. Kendi says "People who argue racism no longer exists have one definition of racism that I've been trying to pin down for a while. They refuse to actually define it." - To that I have to say, You don't HAVE to (emphasis on have to) try to get people to define racism because you will never be able to get someone who is racist to define racism, it's against every fiber of their being and they'll do all sorts of mental gymnastics to avoid being pinned down, because to define racism is to define something bad and they will never define it because they don't want to incriminate themselves in anyone's mind because to define racism is to define something bad and they don't want to admit it's bad because they don't want to incriminate themselves in anyone's mind so they will keep making logical loops to not define it. InSTEAD you can point out how a policy or its implementation affects minorities and point out that it is unequal treatment and it's wrong, that way you don't have to waste time arguing over definitions that a racist person will never agree to, becauae they will never agree to them. Then you can tell people that that's racism, and whether they choose to accept it or not, you can always point back to how it's negatively affecting minorities like you just explained to them.

[@chic3998]

This video article should be mandatory for all of the USA . CRT is a college course

[@Hertz2laugh]

This is the magic of the movement -- they almost always have multiple meanings to their terms and they switch them out whenever it benefits them. You've been lead to believe that CRT is limited to "just a college course". The problem is that when you actually read into the literature produced by its founders, you'll find that there is a massive, sprawling and extremely active philosophy and ideology behind it that reaches far beyond a few university teaching rooms. But *don't believe me* . I'm one of the bad guys. Go read the source material for yourself. Find out with your own eyes. Or don't find out and just continue to blindly believe second-hand sources like this video. "Ignorance is bliss" after all.

[@rollercoaster55]

@@Hertz2laugh I agree. You should link search terms.

[@Hertz2laugh]

@@rollercoaster55 Start with literally any paragraph out of "An Essay on Liberation" or "One-dimensional Man" by Herbert Marcuse.

[@rollercoaster55]

​@@Hertz2laugh Thanks. But most people won't just read a random paragraph. I read many and it's clearly one guy's take on CRT and Marxist. I think a better argument is that many grade-school school boards integrate CRT into how American history is taught, and ignores historical fact by categorizing who is an "oppressor" and who is "oppressed" based on race. THAT racist indoctrination is the issue that has parents up in arms, not one dude's fringe thoughts about CRT.

[@hamatsa_]

CRT is what happened to the natives-- leftists only replaced the church and residential schools on reservations. They only build cheap schools on reservations to deny special education needs of welfare cases multiplying unabounded. The few that do make it through are lobbied and ushered by there own professors into social justice where they return home unqualified to aid illiterate children with math. Youth are committing suicide with no history of abuse or drugs or alcohol at an unprecedented rate.

[@nicholasyong7051]

It wouldn't have been a thing if they have treated people rightly in the first place

[@willielee5253]

@Truth is a mirror.

[@afgone]

The following from Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement. This shows how CRT unequivocally promotes racism and segregation. “The first is to understand the regime of white supremacy and its subordination of people of color, which has been created and maintained in America, and in particular to examine the relationship that the social structure and professed ideals such as “the rule of law” and “equal protection.” The second is a desire to not merely understand the vexed bond between law and racial power - but to change it.” “This mainstream civil rights discourse on “race relations” was constructed this way partly as a defense against the more radical ideologies of racial liberation presented by the Black nationalists and Black Consciousness movements of the ‘60s and the early ‘70s. In the construction of “racism” as an irrational and backwards bias of believing that someone’s race is important, the American cultural mainstream neatly linked the Black left to the white racist right according to this quickly concealed consensus, because race consciousness characterized both white supremacists and black nationalists both as racist.” “With its explicit embrace of racial consciousness, Critical Race Theory aims to reexamine the terms by which race and racism have been negotiated in American consciousness, and to recover and revitalize the radical tradition of race consciousness among African-Americans and other peoples of color. A tradition that was discarded when integration, assimilation, and the ideal of “colorblindness” became the official norms of the racial enlightenment.” “A predominantly white left emerged on the law school scene in the late ‘70s, a development which played a central role in the genesis of Critical Race Theory. Organized by a collection of Neo-Marxists intellectuals, former New Left activists, Ex-Counter Culturalists, and other varieties of oppositionists in law schools - the Conference on Critical Legal Studies established itself as a network of openly leftist Law teachers, students, and practitioners committed to exposing and challenging the ways American law served to legitimize an oppressive social order.” “Critical Race Theory indicates how and why the contemporary “Jurisprudence of color-blind-ness” is not only the expression of a particular color-consciousness, but the product of a deeply politicized choice.” “The colorblind assimilationist ideal seeks homogeneity in a society rather than diversity. Such an ideal neglects the positive aspects of race, particularly the cultural components that distinguish us from one another. It may not be a desirable result those cultural components to be subsumed into a society that recognizes commonalities. The assimilationist colorblind ignores and thereby devalues Culturerace. The successful abolition of “Black” as a meaningful concept would require abolishing the distinctiveness that we attribute the Black community, culture, and consciousness. The abolition of a people’s culture is by definition cultural genocide. In short, assimilation as a societal goal, has grave political consequences for Black and other non-whites.” It is a pro-segregation ideology for black people - similar to the Nation of Islam.

[@olliemck60]

BS. CRT does not advocate for integration or segregation, it advocates for the end of institutional bias. Duh!

[@EpsteinWasJustTryinToFitIn]

@@olliemck60 in order to put an end to what you call "institutional bias" you would have to identify everyone's group identity based on what you are trying to make equal. Then you would have to treat those different groups according so that you got a different outcome, thus eliminating the bias you speak of. THAT IS SEGREGATION, and if you do it based on race then ITS RACIST. It also doesn't work, say hello to affirmative action and what that's done to African American graduation rates since it was implemented. Duh!

[@olliemck60]

@@EpsteinWasJustTryinToFitIn You are a troll or seriously misinformed. We are eliminating institutional bias. I have a court record of 48 and 2. And as to college graduation and black students "A longitudinal comparison between the Fall 2010 entering cohort and the Fall 2014 entering cohort shows that six-year graduation rates among African American males surged from 11% to 31%- a total increase of 170%. Six-year graduation rates among African American females increased by 64%-from 22% to 35%. And they are continuing to rise. The only problem with affirmative action is it works, and racist do not like that. Next is generational wealth and bias restitution.

[@EpsteinWasJustTryinToFitIn]

@@olliemck60 did you really just try to make an argument for affirmative action with a statistic starting in 2010? You must have been one of those kids that got into a school that his test scores couldn't justify.

[@olliemck60]

@@EpsteinWasJustTryinToFitIn and I graduated and have a master's degree and went to law school, and taught at a prestigious university, hmm,

[@MadMaddie769]

the only thing im worried about is are we creating people who are worried about cultural appropriation, or are we creating something where people of all cultures can enjoy each other’s culture together without fighting. there is a point where it can go too far and create a different kind or racial tension.

[@juanedlr]

If I ask trailer park Bob to define "critical race theory," I imagine I'd be met with radio silence, but the same kind of people react to the phrase foaming at the mouth like rabid animals, with no intellectual understanding of its ideological and historical framework.

[@ericschmidt8899]

This guy is lying..

[@DosAleph]

Dude u voted Biden a segregationist

[@ggates5371]

Let’s pretend that “Person #1” gets pulled over by the police, and is disrespectful and gets somewhat aggressive; he gets arrested. And then there’s “Person #2” who is respectful and complies; he doesn’t get arrested. If Person #1 is a person of color, and person #2 isn’t, are the police being racist if they make an arrest?

[@terrytaylor9460]

@@ericschmidt8899 (prime example!) You can’t make the ignorance up, it just exists in natural form.

[@jerrymiller9039]

You are racist. Do you think that some races are oppressors and others are victims?

[@zikamaster]

He did not set anything straight.

[@adriennebatchelor3722]

Before defining the topic, which is CRT, one has to understand the meaning of each word separately, then that helps with the further understanding of the said topic. I'll begin with the definition of theory. (Mirriam-Webster) Theory- the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another. A body of theorems presenting a concise systematic view of a subject (example: Charles Darwin theory) (Mirriam-Webster) Critical- exercising or involving careful judgement (example: critical thinking) Starting at 0:40, he begins defining it by saying, "Critical race theory is..." The most important information in his definition is as said, "Critical race theory is an intellectual field...among legal scholars and lawyers who were recognizing that racial disparity was persisting despite public pronouncements that these laws on the books were race-neutral. These scholars recognized that there was something wrong and that they had to take a new critical approach." WHAT IS THAT APPROACH?? "Examining laws, policies, structures in which they recognized were the source of these continuing disparities and NOT what's wrong with people." Critical race theory is the examining of laws, policies, and structures WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT CONTAIN RACIAL DISPARITIES. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE EXAMINING OF PEOPLE, BUT RATHER THE LEGALITIES OF OUR SYSTEMS...the notion that this is about the "sins of people" is objectively incorrect. That was not at all apart of his definition for what crt is. Don't you think it's better knowing that instead of this being about messed up people it's about our messed up systems...and how to fix them...

[@emmalouie1663]

At University I had to take courses based on Critical Race Theory. The instructor was muslim and he said white students are spiritually damaged. Some people are making it confusing by claiming it is a HISTORY LESSON. IT is not a history lesson. It involves many things, social engineering and praxis. Praxis is transformational education that is meant to give students a "critical consciousness." A critical consciousness is a communist consciousness. I've now been studying this stuff for over a year. It is awful what they are doing because it is applied against a student's individual personal identity. It is not a lesson about history where an instructor teaches about history, it is not that. It is schools misusing their positions of authority to create "agents of change." Students who are expecting a relevant education but are viewed by poltical cults within the univesity systems as mere agents...and yes they say some people have bad identities. Most people don't have the interest and motivation to dive very deep into it. Obviously it is dividing people not bringing people together. It's frankly ominous to know that some states are blasting full force with it and other states are going the opposite dirrection. What this is going to mean for the country in the future I am rather worried frankly. We will have more people that hate each other and can't talk to each other. I left the course feeling hateful and disgusted. A theory or language and meaning is a technology. Technology of thought and behavior. Very specific cherry picked narratives about history can be used in an emotional way and they are often SHORT descriptions and simplified, these historical narratives are then applied to a person's individual identity, it can be for some people part of identity formation. The key for why parents and even university students get upset about this is related to identity formation and the group expectation that everybody is more or less a communist and the enemy is 'whiteness' and the conservative candidates running in office also the 'enemy.' I'm not even specifically a conservative, I'm an independent voter but I could never vote for a Democrat after all this nutso stuff. No poltical party should have to be this coercive to get votes. America is going though something really really weird. Even the Civil Rights Office in my state is using communist language like 'coliberation.' I have no problem with reading books about various cultures, histories or black slavery. I do have a problem with forced thought reform. Look up class struggle. It's the releasing of every person's grievances. We all naturally have grievances in life because life is hard but in the CRT based courses they harness grievances and direct them. It's pretty distracting from REAL education. Anyhow. They can call it by many names but I don't care what their jargon is. They are very good at swapping out words and twisting things around. It's still communism.

[@c3swift]

HE very clearly explained it. Did you even watch the video?

[@MASONS-GALAXY]

Martin Luther King Jr died before this bs came out. 🤨

[@c3swift]

It's hilarious (and sad) how all the CRT HATER comments are clearly from people who didn't watch the video. All of their complaints about CRT are literally addressed in the video.

[@c3swift]

HE very clearly explained it. It is simply taking the time to look at policies critically. to ensure they are not racist towards ANYONE.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Thank you

[@old_manclearwater3438]

To all you people that support CRT, take some time to actually study Nazism with a neutral lense. You will see that CRT and Nazism are indistinguishable.

[@doomguy510]

Marxism*

[@adriennebatchelor3722]

Before defining the topic, which is CRT, one has to understand the meaning of each word separately, then that helps with the further understanding of the said topic. I'll begin with the definition of theory. (Mirriam-Webster) Theory- the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another. A body of theorems presenting a concise systematic view of a subject (example: Charles Darwin theory) (Mirriam-Webster) Critical- exercising or involving careful judgement (example: critical thinking) Starting at 0:40, he begins defining it by saying, "Critical race theory is..." The most important information in his definition is as said, "Critical race theory is an intellectual field...among legal scholars and lawyers who were recognizing that racial disparity was persisting despite public pronouncements that these laws on the books were race-neutral. These scholars recognized that there was something wrong and that they had to take a new critical approach." WHAT IS THAT APPROACH?? "Examining laws, policies, structures in which they recognized were the source of these continuing disparities and NOT what's wrong with people." Critical race theory is the examining of laws, policies, and structures WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT CONTAIN RACIAL DISPARITIES. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE EXAMINING OF PEOPLE, BUT RATHER THE LEGALITIES OF OUR SYSTEMS...the notion that this is about the "sins of people" is objectively incorrect. That was not at all apart of his definition for what crt is. Don't you think it's better knowing that instead of this being about messed up people it's about our messed up systems...and how to fix them... Marxism is a political philosophy. A method of socioeconomic analysis that used a materialist interpretation of historical development to understand class relations and social conflict to understand how society transforms and changes. CRT is the analysis of the legal systems in which they are examined for racial disparities. I understand the correlation, but there is a distinct difference.

[@c3swift]

says the short white guy with the gayest hair I've ever seen.

[@andrjsh]

“He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.” Gandalf to Saruman.

[@dansimmons21]

Doesn’t actually tell us at any point what critical race actually is.

[@adriennebatchelor3722]

Before defining the topic, which is CRT, one has to understand the meaning of each word separately, then that helps with the further understanding of the said topic. I'll begin with the definition of theory. (Mirriam-Webster) Theory- the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another. A body of theorems presenting a concise systematic view of a subject (example: Charles Darwin theory) (Mirriam-Webster) Critical- exercising or involving careful judgement (example: critical thinking) Starting at 0:40, he begins defining it by saying, "Critical race theory is..." The most important information in his definition is as said, "Critical race theory is an intellectual field...among legal scholars and lawyers who were recognizing that racial disparity was persisting despite public pronouncements that these laws on the books were race-neutral. These scholars recognized that there was something wrong and that they had to take a new critical approach." WHAT IS THAT APPROACH?? "Examining laws, policies, structures in which they recognized were the source of these continuing disparities and NOT what's wrong with people." Critical race theory is the examining of laws, policies, and structures WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT CONTAIN RACIAL DISPARITIES. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE EXAMINING OF PEOPLE, BUT RATHER THE LEGALITIES OF OUR SYSTEMS...the notion that this is about the "sins of people" is objectively incorrect. That was not at all apart of his definition for what crt is. Don't you think it's better knowing that instead of this being about messed up people it's about our messed up systems...and how to fix them...

[@c3swift]

HE very clearly explained it. Did you even watch the video?

[@otoja2609]

America: Oh no, we are gonna be taught all that Critical Race Theory. Poland: First time? We are taught at schools we used to be antisemitic.

[@olliemck60]

The country still does have an undercurrent of antisemitism in America, as announced by the marchers in Charlottlevile chanting Jews will not replace us.

[@KingAries85]

Don’t even correlate

[@deeznutz8320]

And the fact Poland was anti semetic is the reason the country has no immigrants or high crime rates

[@JordanWilliams-ix2td]

@@KingAries85 it actually does, they actually teach the truth

[@MarttiSuomivuori]

"The Truth is Out There". Whatever, it most certainly is not in here.

[@ShopRat25]

Judge not a person if you haven’t been in their shoes. Even then don’t judge any by the color of their skin.

[@emmalouie1663]

Tell that to Kimberle Crenshaw. I took a Critical Race Theory based class and came out despising "brown people." I learned a lot about communism though.

[@arcturus4762]

This sounds like a fallacy used to invalidate real criticism

[@christopherestrada2474]

@@emmalouie1663Why do you despise brown people?

[@dinsel9691]

Let me invent a Theory, that no one understands because it means different things in different circumstances to different people. And then I can spend the next 4 decades explaining what this Theory is, while no one understands it. The only correlation here of course, is that those that espouse this theory of mine, are people of my skin colour.

[@timmylittle2406]

Sorry man, I see and hear what my kids are being taught. You must be very unaware of what is actually happening.

[@emmalouie1663]

At University I had to take courses based on Critical Race Theory. The instructor was muslim and he said white students are spiritually damaged. Some people are making it confusing by claiming it is a HISTORY LESSON. IT is not a history lesson. It involves many things, social engineering and praxis. Praxis is transformational education that is meant to give students a "critical consciousness." A critical consciousness is a communist consciousness. I've now been studying this stuff for over a year. It is awful what they are doing because it is applied against a student's individual personal identity. It is not a lesson about history where an instructor teaches about history, it is not that. It is schools misusing their positions of authority to create "agents of change." Students who are expecting a relevant education but are viewed by poltical cults within the univesity systems as mere agents...and yes they say some people have bad identities. Most people don't have the interest and motivation to dive very deep into it. Obviously it is dividing people not bringing people together. It's frankly ominous to know that some states are blasting full force with it and other states are going the opposite dirrection. What this is going to mean for the country in the future I am rather worried frankly. We will have more people that hate each other and can't talk to each other. I left the course feeling hateful and disgusted. A theory or language and meaning is a technology. Technology of thought and behavior. Very specific cherry picked narratives about history can be used in an emotional way and they are often SHORT descriptions and simplified, these historical narratives are then applied to a person's individual identity, it can be for some people part of identity formation. The key for why parents and even university students get upset about this is related to identity formation and the group expectation that everybody is more or less a communist and the enemy is 'whiteness' and the conservative candidates running in office also the 'enemy.' I'm not even specifically a conservative, I'm an independent voter but I could never vote for a Democrat after all this nutso stuff. No poltical party should have to be this coercive to get votes. America is going though something really really weird. Even the Civil Rights Office in my state is using communist language like 'coliberation.' I have no problem with reading books about various cultures, histories or black slavery. I do have a problem with forced thought reform. Look up class struggle. It's the releasing of every person's grievances. We all naturally have grievances in life because life is hard but in the CRT based courses they harness grievances and direct them. It's pretty distracting from REAL education. Anyhow. They can call it by many names but I don't care what their jargon is. They are very good at swapping out words and twisting things around. It's still communism.

[@kevinwilson7257]

If you support the progress made by the Civil Rights Movement, individualism, free markets and right to private property then you cannot support CRT as the founding authors of this theory openly oppose all of these very specificity in multiple texts. These beliefs alone should raise questions to anyone about the dangers of this or any of the other Critical theories.

[@saxmanb777]

Hey let’s make up something that isn’t happening and get really angry about the thing we made up.

[@SpecialSoldier109]

But in this video they only say what CRT isn't not what it is. What is it? Why should we teach it to kids?

[@emmalouie1663]

At University I had to take courses based on Critical Race Theory. The instructor was muslim and he said white students are spiritually damaged. Some people are making it confusing by claiming it is a HISTORY LESSON. IT is not a history lesson. It involves many things, social engineering and praxis. Praxis is transformational education that is meant to give students a "critical consciousness." A critical consciousness is a communist consciousness. I've now been studying this stuff for over a year. It is awful what they are doing because it is applied against a student's individual personal identity. It is not a lesson about history where an instructor teaches about history, it is not that. It is schools misusing their positions of authority to create "agents of change." Students who are expecting a relevant education but are viewed by poltical cults within the univesity systems as mere agents...and yes they say some people have bad identities. Most people don't have the interest and motivation to dive very deep into it. Obviously it is dividing people not bringing people together. It's frankly ominous to know that some states are blasting full force with it and other states are going the opposite dirrection. What this is going to mean for the country in the future I am rather worried frankly. We will have more people that hate each other and can't talk to each other. I left the course feeling hateful and disgusted. A theory or language and meaning is a technology. Technology of thought and behavior. Very specific cherry picked narratives about history can be used in an emotional way and they are often SHORT descriptions and simplified, these historical narratives are then applied to a person's individual identity, it can be for some people part of identity formation. The key for why parents and even university students get upset about this is related to identity formation and the group expectation that everybody is more or less a communist and the enemy is 'whiteness' and the conservative candidates running in office also the 'enemy.' I'm not even specifically a conservative, I'm an independent voter but I could never vote for a Democrat after all this nutso stuff. No poltical party should have to be this coercive to get votes. America is going though something really really weird. Even the Civil Rights Office in my state is using communist language like 'coliberation.' I have no problem with reading books about various cultures, histories or black slavery. I do have a problem with forced thought reform. Look up class struggle. It's the releasing of every person's grievances. We all naturally have grievances in life because life is hard but in the CRT based courses they harness grievances and direct them. It's pretty distracting from REAL education. Anyhow. They can call it by many names but I don't care what their jargon is. They are very good at swapping out words and twisting things around. It's still communism.

[@joedirt2862]

The terms have been defined, but those definitions don't fit his and some others narratives. Does he question/change his narrative like anyone else, no. Instead it's the definitions that must change to fit his narrative.

[@slevinchannel7589]

CRT = Education Americans = Uneducated, often not even know why Divides exist and whats up

[@samsonlovesyou]

Well that was entirely uninformative.

[@ChrisJohnson-vi3ed]

I highly suggest "Stamped" for kids for any teachers looking to have a conversation about CRT in class.

[@olliemck60]

I am not sure about teachers taking a lead from two people, no matter how articulate they are, when it comes to child development and curriculum and neither Kendi or Reynolds have any training in child development.

[@ChrisJohnson-vi3ed]

@@olliemck60 The book is just a medium for a conversation. Like any book, it should analyzed critically. Kendi actually encourages us to be critical about the book and challenge the ideas in it. At the end of the day, that's what we want out of kids.

[@olliemck60]

@@ChrisJohnson-vi3ed a medium for conversation still has to be appropriate for the target audience. I happen to believe that age is important in introducing concepts. And their is nothing about Kendi and Reynolds that suggest they know anything about child development or Education curriculums.

[@doomguy510]

@@ChrisJohnson-vi3ed "kendi gaslights us and i am so blindsided by this that i think this scamartist is being genuine" Good job, try not to be roped into a cult.

[@fredjones43]

Don’t tell me that what people are saying is wrong. Tell me what critical race theory teaches.

[@emmalouie1663]

At University I had to take courses based on Critical Race Theory. The instructor was muslim and he said white students are spiritually damaged. Some people are making it confusing by claiming it is a HISTORY LESSON. IT is not a history lesson. It involves many things, social engineering and praxis. Praxis is transformational education that is meant to give students a "critical consciousness." A critical consciousness is a communist consciousness. I've now been studying this stuff for over a year. It is awful what they are doing because it is applied against a student's individual personal identity. It is not a lesson about history where an instructor teaches about history, it is not that. It is schools misusing their positions of authority to create "agents of change." Students who are expecting a relevant education but are viewed by poltical cults within the univesity systems as mere agents...and yes they say some people have bad identities. Most people don't have the interest and motivation to dive very deep into it. Obviously it is dividing people not bringing people together. It's frankly ominous to know that some states are blasting full force with it and other states are going the opposite dirrection. What this is going to mean for the country in the future I am rather worried frankly. We will have more people that hate each other and can't talk to each other. I left the course feeling hateful and disgusted. A theory or language and meaning is a technology. Technology of thought and behavior. Very specific cherry picked narratives about history can be used in an emotional way and they are often SHORT descriptions and simplified, these historical narratives are then applied to a person's individual identity, it can be for some people part of identity formation. The key for why parents and even university students get upset about this is related to identity formation and the group expectation that everybody is more or less a communist and the enemy is 'whiteness' and the conservative candidates running in office also the 'enemy.' I'm not even specifically a conservative, I'm an independent voter but I could never vote for a Democrat after all this nutso stuff. No poltical party should have to be this coercive to get votes. America is going though something really really weird. Even the Civil Rights Office in my state is using communist language like 'coliberation.' I have no problem with reading books about various cultures, histories or black slavery. I do have a problem with forced thought reform. Look up class struggle. It's the releasing of every person's grievances. We all naturally have grievances in life because life is hard but in the CRT based courses they harness grievances and direct them. It's pretty distracting from REAL education. Anyhow. They can call it by many names but I don't care what their jargon is. They are very good at swapping out words and twisting things around. It's still communism. It teaches that people have all these identity categories and they should fight with each other for power ... in school.

[@mrrvo]

It’s just so sad to see these people justify their racist thoughts and actions

[@Hertz2laugh]

This is exactly the framing technique religions and cults use: "It's just so sad to see these unbelievers justify their heathen thoughts and actions". It's a powerful way to excuse yourself from ever having to really question what you believe or to ever really think about what the other person is saying. Consider your ways, friend.

[@mrrvo]

@@Hertz2laugh you don’t know anything about me and you’re accusing me of being racist. I would say you should also consider your ways.

[@Hertz2laugh]

@@mrrvo Anyone can read for themselves that I did not accuse you of being racist. But if you can't accept that, I am happy to hear you out if you want to explain how you think that what I typed constitutes an accusation of racism.

[@klabauterlach6499]

ReaPlays holyshit you wrecked him

[@beardedninja8377]

@@mrrvo where did he call you a rascist ?

[@gadfly1357]

I watched all of this video and still am unaware of the principles of CRT. What a waste of time!

[@emmalouie1663]

At University I had to take courses based on Critical Race Theory. The instructor was muslim and he said white students are spiritually damaged. Some people are making it confusing by claiming it is a HISTORY LESSON. IT is not a history lesson. It involves many things, social engineering and praxis. Praxis is transformational education that is meant to give students a "critical consciousness." A critical consciousness is a communist consciousness. I've now been studying this stuff for over a year. It is awful what they are doing because it is applied against a student's individual personal identity. It is not a lesson about history where an instructor teaches about history, it is not that. It is schools misusing their positions of authority to create "agents of change." Students who are expecting a relevant education but are viewed by poltical cults within the univesity systems as mere agents...and yes they say some people have bad identities. Most people don't have the interest and motivation to dive very deep into it. Obviously it is dividing people not bringing people together. It's frankly ominous to know that some states are blasting full force with it and other states are going the opposite dirrection. What this is going to mean for the country in the future I am rather worried frankly. We will have more people that hate each other and can't talk to each other. I left the course feeling hateful and disgusted. A theory or language and meaning is a technology. Technology of thought and behavior. Very specific cherry picked narratives about history can be used in an emotional way and they are often SHORT descriptions and simplified, these historical narratives are then applied to a person's individual identity, it can be for some people part of identity formation. The key for why parents and even university students get upset about this is related to identity formation and the group expectation that everybody is more or less a communist and the enemy is 'whiteness' and the conservative candidates running in office also the 'enemy.' I'm not even specifically a conservative, I'm an independent voter but I could never vote for a Democrat after all this nutso stuff. No poltical party should have to be this coercive to get votes. America is going though something really really weird. Even the Civil Rights Office in my state is using communist language like 'coliberation.' I have no problem with reading books about various cultures, histories or black slavery. I do have a problem with forced thought reform. Look up class struggle. It's the releasing of every person's grievances. We all naturally have grievances in life because life is hard but in the CRT based courses they harness grievances and direct them. It's pretty distracting from REAL education. Anyhow. They can call it by many names but I don't care what their jargon is. They are very good at swapping out words and twisting things around. It's still communism.

[@gadfly1357]

@@emmalouie1663 How fascinating! Reminds me of something like students going through a Scientological 'Audit' in fancy dress...

[@c3swift]

HE very clearly explained it. It is simply taking the time to look at policies critically. to ensure they are not racist towards ANYONE.

[@michaelpcoffee]

The operative question is: Do you support using government force to implement racial discrimination?

[@olliemck60]

Actually, the question is do you support the continued use of government force to continue racial discrimination?

[@michaelpcoffee]

@@olliemck60 Actually; the question is as I framed it. That covers past, present and intended. I can't help noticing you avoid answering.

[@olliemck60]

@@michaelpcoffee oh you are trying to sneak in the intended as if there never was a past or present. which means you believe that the status quo no matter how deviously achieved is ok. so the government after 400 years of discrimination, says ok that's it, ring the bell the bus is full. in fact, if someone steals why punish them or make them make restitution, let's just make them promise to never do it again. what a great idea. I am sure thieves will love it. restitution is not discrimination it is justice.

[@michaelpcoffee]

@@olliemck60 So; you refuse to answer. Understandable. That would be telling. Calling a question about your position on a political principle 'sneaking' is ironic. You have fully answered; by explaining why you refuse to. Thank you.

[@moneyball1318]

Republican are PUSHING THIS SCHOOL LAW ABOUT WHAT TO TEACH IN SCHOOL. This is Good, Black, Mexican, Asia, all people will get to choose what's being taught to their Kids Too with That Bill! No more just George Washington, etc. Its been too much 1 race being highlighted in Schools. Democrats need to push this. Spread the word!!

[@deeznutz8320]

Whites build this country from its foundation You parasites just live in it What we need to learn? You basketball Americans insane crime rates?

[@oldschoolsaint]

He’s lying through his teeth.

[@My2CentsYall]

The LIE is already out so good luck trying to catch up to it.

[@ninadaly7639]

Another video claiming to explain CRT but doesn’t……

[@c3swift]

HE very clearly explained it. Did you even watch the video?

[@ninadaly7639]

@@c3swift Bunch of hogwash.

[@ejsmith7626]

This guy is a joke, a motivational speaker who thinks Racism explains everything and Ant-Racism fixes it all. Even if your analyzing Confederate history this lens wouldnt hold up. A historian needs to use CRITICAL THINKING

[@mrsentencename7334]

It’s the same as moustache mans ‘racial theory of history’ the EXACT same thing

[@blablableh724]

Lame Commie propaganda

[@emmalouie1663]

At University I had to take courses based on Critical Race Theory. The instructor was muslim and he said white students are spiritually damaged. Some people are making it confusing by claiming it is a HISTORY LESSON. IT is not a history lesson. It involves many things, social engineering and praxis. Praxis is transformational education that is meant to give students a "critical consciousness." A critical consciousness is a communist consciousness. I've now been studying this stuff for over a year. It is awful what they are doing because it is applied against a student's individual personal identity. It is not a lesson about history where an instructor teaches about history, it is not that. It is schools misusing their positions of authority to create "agents of change." Students who are expecting a relevant education but are viewed by poltical cults within the univesity systems as mere agents...and yes they say some people have bad identities. Most people don't have the interest and motivation to dive very deep into it. Obviously it is dividing people not bringing people together. It's frankly ominous to know that some states are blasting full force with it and other states are going the opposite dirrection. What this is going to mean for the country in the future I am rather worried frankly. We will have more people that hate each other and can't talk to each other. I left the course feeling hateful and disgusted. A theory or language and meaning is a technology. Technology of thought and behavior. Very specific cherry picked narratives about history can be used in an emotional way and they are often SHORT descriptions and simplified, these historical narratives are then applied to a person's individual identity, it can be for some people part of identity formation. The key for why parents and even university students get upset about this is related to identity formation and the group expectation that everybody is more or less a communist and the enemy is 'whiteness' and the conservative candidates running in office also the 'enemy.' I'm not even specifically a conservative, I'm an independent voter but I could never vote for a Democrat after all this nutso stuff. No poltical party should have to be this coercive to get votes. America is going though something really really weird. Even the Civil Rights Office in my state is using communist language like 'coliberation.' I have no problem with reading books about various cultures, histories or black slavery. I do have a problem with forced thought reform. Look up class struggle. It's the releasing of every person's grievances. We all naturally have grievances in life because life is hard but in the CRT based courses they harness grievances and direct them. It's pretty distracting from REAL education. Anyhow. They can call it by many names but I don't care what their jargon is. They are very good at swapping out words and twisting things around. It's still communism.

[@918273645ist]

5 mins talking about nothing...

[@mercurialpoirot5551]

If you ask him which policies are racist, the answer is that any policy that produces results that are not equitable by race, unless its sports and music, then everything is fine. And whatever you do don't mention Asians.

[@iankane1733]

I wish you would have debated Coleman Hughes, Ibram. CRT is a theory and it should be held up to scrutiny and debated as such. Also, every time CRT has been implemented there were negative outcomes. Teach it in college but keep it out of public schools.

[@up3315]

JUST HOMESCHOOL YOUR KIDS, FOLKS. DON'T LET THE SCHOOLS BRAINWASH THE NEXT GENERATION WITH THIS DIVISIVE CURRICULUM.

[@Jah_AP]

Fr tho

[@kenthomson4627]

Designating Kendi a scholar is not very scholarly. Have you read anything he’s written? Heard him speak? The man is nearly illiterate. He is an author and he has an opinion, but a scholar?!? Get real.

[@georgemioch8981]

This. And then everyone is surprised that his little theory is incoherent…

[@knowtheledge1930]

I really respect Bro. Kendi's scholarship however, bad PEOPLE construct bad policy. There's no way around that.

[@kurtcorraleslizano4878]

Not neccesarily. There can be good people who aren't bad in policy and creates bad policies due to mistakes

[@jerrymiller9039]

Why do you respect racism?

[@knowtheledge1930]

@@kurtcorraleslizano4878 If that were that was the case, "bad policy" should be corrected easily & swiftly. We have to face the facts that there are policies, in AmeriKKKa🇺🇸 that are put in place to deliberately give Whites privilege to the expense of the Black & the Brown. Quite honestly, that is the VERY foundation of AmeriKKKa🇺🇸 itself.

[@kurtcorraleslizano4878]

@@knowtheledge1930 what kind of privileges? I think that, if critical race theory is true, Barack Obama wouldn't have been even eligible in the first place.

[@damarideadass8305]

@@kurtcorraleslizano4878 generational wealth statistics.

[@ronyshasublett3869]

This is only a trope and or smoke screen to divide us further...

[@asecretturning]

That's dumb af

[@rvth13ss]

Am I right in stating that banning CRT literally fits in the framework of CRT?

[@RiverSage-fg5gc]

Uhhh yeah.. it is taught in my school and it is very anti white. So can you come to my community college & set the record straight?

[@redsparks2025]

I don't understand why DeSantis, a descendant of Italians, would ban CRT when Italian-Americans where also discriminated against in the USA. Not as badly as the African-Americans but it happened. Refer to Wikipedia article Anti-Italianism.

[@kt550]

Because DeSantis believes in individualism not victim hood

[@Hertz2laugh]

Because there is much more to CRT than you're being led to believe. All the proof you need is in the literature written by the founders of CRT or the philosophies CRT is based on. You can read it all for yourself in their own books.

[@redsparks2025]

@@Hertz2laugh I already have too many academic books to read. I read the Wikipedia article of CRT. I know don't trust Wiki. However the Wiki article does a good job summarising CRT concepts. Therefore my comment about DeSantis still stands. If anything I would add DeSantis is a traitor to his fellow Italian -Americans that did suffer discrimination as he tries to make it unlawful any discussions on racial discrimination.

[@redsparks2025]

@@kt550 That is a false dichotomy . Furthermore your statement tells me that basically what you are trying to engage in is victim blaming which only a kangaroo court would accept, i.e., guilty until proven innocent. Also a society only stays cohesive if individuals learn to cooperate. And some of that cooperation comes with compromise. You are an individual that depends on a society but if you want to be a TRUE individual then learn to live in the wild depending on your self only as you valuing your individualism above all else.

[@Hertz2laugh]

@@redsparks2025 Just so everyone is clear: 1) You said you didn't understand someone's decisions related to CRT 2) You accused that person of being a race traitor 3) When presented with the possibility that you are unclear about CRT and directed to the source material, you've very conveniently excused yourself from becoming _actually_ educated on the subject you're supporting while simultaneously humble-bragging about the number of academic books you read. 4) You are knowingly relying on a notoriously unreliable source as the basis of your knowledge on CRT which is the basis for you labeling another person as a race-traitor.

[@Arkstromater]

Read “ lies my teacher told me” if you are an American. It’s a must read

[@slawekwojtowicz]

Basic flaw: it assumes race is a social construct. Anyone with eyes and a brain can tell it is false. Yes, America is racist like most countries. But we should celebrate our uniqueness and differences, instead of being ashamed of them.

[@asecretturning]

The UNITED STATES, not the continent America, is uniquely racist with a uniquely horrifying history. Celebrating our differences is not mutually exclusive from recognizing that race is a construct which has been capitalized upon to divide the working class. You play games between saying it's real in one way and not the other, but the truth is you have no consistency and no idea what you're talking about.

[@slawekwojtowicz]

@@asecretturning you managed to say exactly NOTHING. 🤣

[@c3swift]

What is the "IT" you're refering to? The policies CRT is opposing, or CRT studies?

[@andresavalos7125]

I think you are confusing race with phenotype.

[@slawekwojtowicz]

@@andresavalos7125 is that so? You are really confused, bro. We are all humans and each individual is a completely unique person, each a reflection of a different aspect of God.