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How to fight super-racist "critical race theory"


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2021 Apr 25, 9:45am   3,749 views  202 comments

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https://www.city-journal.org/how-to-fight-critical-race-theory

Critical race theory is fast becoming America’s new institutional orthodoxy. Yet most Americans have never heard of it—and of those who have, many don’t understand it. This must change. We need to know what it is so we can know how to fight it.

To explain critical race theory, it helps to begin with a brief history of Marxism. ...

Its supporters deploy a series of euphemisms to describe critical race theory, including “equity,” “social justice,” “diversity and inclusion,” and “culturally responsive teaching.” Critical race theorists, masters of language construction, realize that “neo-Marxism” would be a hard sell. Equity, on the other hand, sounds non-threatening and is easily confused with the American principle of equality. But the distinction is vast and important. Indeed, critical race theorists explicitly reject equality...

UCLA law professor and critical race theorist Cheryl Harris has proposed suspending private property rights, seizing land and wealth, and redistributing them along racial lines. Critical race guru Ibram X. Kendi, who directs the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University, has proposed the creation of a federal Department of Antiracism. This department would be independent of (i.e., unaccountable to) the elected branches of government, and would have the power to nullify, veto, or abolish any law at any level of government and curtail the speech of political leaders and others deemed insufficiently “antiracist.”

One practical result of the creation of such a department would be the overthrow of capitalism, since, according to Kendi, “In order to truly be antiracist, you also have to truly be anti-capitalist.” In other words, identity is the means; Marxism is the end.

An equity-based form of government would mean the end not only of private property but also of individual rights, equality under the law, federalism, and freedom of speech. These would be replaced by race-based redistribution of wealth, group-based rights, active discrimination, and omnipotent bureaucratic authority. Historically, the accusation of “anti-Americanism” has been overused. But in this case, it’s not a matter of interpretation: critical race theory prescribes a revolutionary program that would overturn the principles of the Declaration and destroy the remaining structure of the Constitution. ...

In Cupertino, California, an elementary school forced first-graders to deconstruct their racial and sexual identities and rank themselves according to their “power and privilege.” ...

There are three parts to a successful strategy to defeat the forces of critical race theory: governmental action, grassroots mobilization, and an appeal to principle. ...

We already see examples of governmental action. Last year, one of my reports led President Trump to issue an executive order banning critical race theory–based training programs in the federal government. President Biden rescinded this order on his first day in office...

I have organized a coalition of attorneys to file lawsuits against schools and government agencies that impose critical race theory–based programs on grounds of the First Amendment (which protects citizens from compelled speech), the Fourteenth Amendment (which provides equal protection under the law), and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (which prohibits public institutions from discriminating on the basis of race). ...

On the grassroots level, a multiracial and bipartisan coalition is emerging to fight critical race theory. Parents are mobilizing against racially divisive curricula in public schools and employees are increasingly speaking out against Orwellian reeducation in the workplace. When they see what is happening, Americans are naturally outraged that critical race theory promotes three ideas—race essentialism, collective guilt, and neo-segregation—that violate the basic principles of equality and justice. Anecdotally, many Chinese-Americans have told me that, having survived the Cultural Revolution in their former country, they refuse to let the same thing happen here. ...

In terms of principles, we need to employ our own moral language rather than allow ourselves to be confined by the categories of critical race theory. For example, we often find ourselves debating “diversity.” Diversity as most of us understand it is generally good, all things being equal, but it is of secondary value. We should be talking about and aiming at excellence, a common standard that challenges people of all backgrounds to achieve their potential. On the scale of desirable ends, excellence beats diversity every time. ...

Similarly, in addition to pointing out the dishonesty of the historical narrative on which critical race theory is predicated, we must promote the true story of America—a story that is honest about injustices in American history, but that places them in the context of our nation’s high ideals and the progress we have made toward realizing them. Genuine American history is rich with stories of achievements and sacrifices that will move the hearts of Americans, in stark contrast to the grim and pessimistic narrative pressed by critical race theorists.

Above all, we must have courage, the fundamental virtue required in our time: courage to stand and speak the truth, courage to withstand epithets, courage to face the mob, and courage to shrug off the scorn of elites. When enough of us overcome the fear that currently prevents so many from speaking out, the hold of critical race theory will begin to slip. And courage begets courage. It’s easy to stop a lone dissenter; it’s much harder to stop 10, 20, 100, 1,000, 1 million, or more who stand up together for the principles of America. Truth and justice are on our side. If we can muster the courage, we will win.

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168   Patrick   2021 Jun 23, 9:20pm  

https://notthebee.com/article/buckle-up-as-we-dismantle-an-msnbc-opinion-columnists-attempt-to-take-down-ted-cruz-over-his-recent-speech-on-critical-race-theory

You had to know that was coming.

Yes, Ted Cruz is a racist because he accused the CRT proponents of being racist!

I have to admit, the suspense was killing me. Nice job setting it up, Kruse. Quite the payoff.
169   Patrick   2021 Jun 23, 9:40pm  

https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/critical-race-theory-may-violate-civil-rights-act-the-constitution-dr-carol-swain_3868093.html?utm_source=patrick.net&utm_medium=patrick.net&utm_campaign=patrick.net

She pointed out that she was able to achieve success and overcome the circumstances of her birth because she believed that hard work mattered and applied herself as such.

“I did not see myself as handicapped because I was black, poor, a woman,” the professor said. “I took advantage of what America offered.”

Among today’s youth, minorities are being “crippled in their minds because they’ve been told by the political left what they can’t do and they are being handicapped,” she warned.

“They’re not even being held to the same standards that people of my generation were held to at colleges and universities. And as a consequence, they do feel inferior. A lot of what is crippling them is what they have been indoctrinated with.”

In her view, the racism coming from the political left is a forced re-segregation, and the lowered standards being pushed out for racial, ethnic minorities are impeding the development of their fullest potential.
170   Patrick   2021 Jun 24, 10:13am  

https://spectatorworld.com/topic/poway-california-sneak-critical-race-theory-classroom/

Who are you going to believe, me, or your lying eyes?’ Poway Unified School District in San Diego, California all but told concerned parents who say the school is injecting critical race theory into two new elective courses on offer to students.

The two courses, ‘Ethnic Literature’ and ‘Ethnic Studies’, were made available to high school students ‘in response to our racial equity plan and community conversations held with students, staff and families’, according to the school district’s Facebook page. Ethnic Literature, a course guide says, seeks to promote ’empathy’ by examining how ‘systems of power in the United States’ have affected various minority groups. Students will also dive deep into their own ‘implicit biases’ and ‘privilege’ and be asked to create an action plan to be ‘agents of change’ in their communities. Ethnic Studies will similarly encourage students to explore how their immutable characteristics, like race, gender, and ethnicity, influence their ‘identity’. It will also teach them how to ‘advocate for social justice...
171   Patrick   2021 Jun 24, 11:02am  

https://notthebee.com/article/police-arrest-parents-at-loudon-county-school-board-meeting-for-loudly-booing-and-singing-the-national-anthem-saying-it-was-an-unlawful-assembly


I guess parents sang the national anthem too loud, because Loudoun County arrested several after a school board meeting was declared an "unlawful assembly"
172   Onvacation   2021 Jun 24, 12:28pm  

DERANGED LIBERAL MOM EXPLAINS WHY SHE DOESN'T COMFORT CRYING "WHITE GIRL" CHILD

She had to unlearn it herself!
173   AmericanKulak   2021 Jun 24, 12:39pm  

Onvacation says
DERANGED LIBERAL MOM EXPLAINS WHY SHE DOESN'T COMFORT CRYING "WHITE GIRL" CHILD


Saw this the other day, married to a Black Chick, who hangs out with her other White friend and instructs them both to control their microaggressions, and both grovel before her, really weird dynamic.
174   AmericanKulak   2021 Jun 24, 12:42pm  

CRT and really all Critical Theory ASSUMES that bourgeois European Enlightenment Rationality is wicked and bad.

Just like, say, Catholicism accepts the New Testament as the foundation of the Religion.

https://newdiscourses.com/tftw-truth/

CRT is not interested in finding any truth, only in finding "Lived Experience" "Evidence" for Oppression of the Marginalized.
175   Patrick   2021 Jun 24, 2:48pm  

MisdemeanorRebellionNoCoupForYou says
Black Chick, who hangs out with her other White friend and instructs them both to control their microaggressions, and both grovel before her


I bet she is having fun with those idiots.
177   Onvacation   2021 Jun 25, 1:24pm  

WHITE RAGE
178   Onvacation   2021 Jun 25, 1:26pm  

more WHITE RAGE

He's not on Trump's side.
179   Ceffer   2021 Jun 25, 1:28pm  

Millley's weird, but I still think there's a chance it is a disinformation act.
182   HeadSet   2021 Jun 29, 3:04pm  

Patrick says
https://notthebee.com/article/the-state-of-virginia-is-moving-to-abolish-a-local-pta-because-opponents-of-critical-race-theory-won-a-majority-in-a-recent-election

This is the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax, VA, a Washington DC suburb. That school is top in the country to prep a kid for STEM. It is also very competitive to get into. Or I should say "was" since if you are a minority (non-Asian), they are lowering the standards. Of course this means less Asians will be accepted to make room for lower performing students who happen to be Black or Hispanic. But if any Asian parent complains, I say - "You voted for it."
183   Patrick   2021 Jun 29, 5:43pm  

HeadSet says
"You voted for it."


This should be our reply over and over to Democrats when they complain about Democrat policies.
184   AmericanKulak   2021 Jun 29, 9:51pm  

Great new resource against Critical (Race) Theory:
https://parentsagainstcrt.com/

It's got a lot of shit about how the NAACP is the main driver at the local/state level. The NAACP has of course been becoming more radical and less liberal over time, fulfilling the old maxim that any org not explicitly hard right becomes more Left over time. He's got lists of "Equity Consultants", he's got FOIA'd documents contracting Woke Specialists to take Black (only Black) kids on Radicalized Field Trips, etc. The whole 9 yards.
185   Ceffer   2021 Jun 29, 10:21pm  

Concannon's letter shows that virulent, toxic, entitled white people are even better at utilizing cant, insane standards, and nonsense speech.
186   Patrick   2021 Jun 29, 10:22pm  

MisdemeanorRebellionNoCoupForYou says
Great new resource against Critical (Race) Theory:
https://parentsagainstcrt.com/


Thanks, this looks good.
187   Patrick   2021 Jun 30, 8:18pm  

What percentage of prominent advocates of Critical Race Theory secretly believe in genetic explanations for group disparities?

— Steve Sailer (@Steve_Sailer) June 30, 2021
189   Patrick   2021 Jul 2, 9:47am  

https://babylonbee.com/news/mounting-evidence-indicates-critical-race-theory-escaped-from-a-lab-in-a-college-humanities-department

U.S.—Scientists have discovered mounting evidence that critical race theory escaped from a lab in a college humanities department some decades ago. Originally thought to be a deranged conspiracy theory, the idea that CRT escaped from a liberal arts program is now accepted as mainstream consensus.

"While many believed the deadly CRT virus arose naturally out of centuries of systemic oppression, it now appears to have been manmade," said Dr. Xander Willow of Hillsdale College. "It looks like some good-for-nothing liberal arts majors were messing around with some old law textbooks and experimenting with applying critical race theory to all of life. As we can see, their gain-of-racism research had terrible results."

While researchers could not trace the virus all the way back to patient zero, scientific evidence indicates the first carrier of CRT was "almost certainly a white woman with purple hair who screamed a lot." "Yeah, her name was probably Chloe or Claire. Or maybe Karen. It's hard to tell based on the evidence we have, but genetics indicates this virus definitely evolved from a woman afflicted by white guilt."

"Her actions in developing and releasing this virus on the population may prove to be deadlier than any other virus yet."

To fight CRT, experts are recommending loving your neighbor no matter what their skin color is, seeing a person instead of a race, and reading your Bible. Also, hydroxychloroquine.


190   Patrick   2021 Jul 4, 2:37pm  

Patrick says


This does help clarify how best to fight woke idiocy:

- encourage a sense of identity with America
- give people a purpose in supporting American ideals as embodied in the Constitution
- make self-esteem come from being part of the truly great history of America
191   Patrick   2021 Jul 6, 12:45pm  

https://notthebee.com/article/why-the-4th-of-july-may-make-your-kid-republican

Every Independence Day it seems I am reminded of the now-decade old Harvard University study that found attending Fourth of July celebrations or parades as a child increases the chances that an individual will grow up to be a Republican, or at least someone with conservative politics.

David Yanagizawa-Drott, then assistant professor of public policy of Harvard's Kennedy School who co-wrote the study, tried to explain the phenomenon:

"The celebration of Fourth of July embodies certain ideas or values that are closer to the Republican Party. This in turn affects how children experience the event."


OK, the 4th of July is in itself a good way to fight violent intolerant leftists bent on turning the US into communist China.
193   Patrick   2021 Jul 10, 5:31pm  

https://www.ntd.com/arizona-gov-ducey-signs-bill-to-prohibit-teaching-of-critical-race-theory_640645.html?utm_source=patrick.net&utm_medium=patrick.net&utm_campaign=patrick.net

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill into law on Friday preventing local governments from teaching critical race theory (CRT), a quasi-Marxist ideology at the center of a cultural tug-of-war between parents and school districts nationwide.

The measure, known as Arizona House Bill 2906, will prohibit “the state and any local governments from requiring their employees to engage in orientation, training or therapy that suggest an employee is inherently racist, sexist or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously,” said Ducey’s office in a statement.
194   Patrick   2021 Jul 12, 7:36am  

https://spectatorworld.com/radio/ayaan-hirsi-ali-criminal-race-theory/

You have to drill down on what it is the woke want. They want to dictate what you eat and don’t eat. They want to dictate who you fraternize with or what your children are learning at school. They’re very totalitarian in their approach and they’re punitive. I think it’s a self-defeating cause and very soon they’re going to be smashed up.
195   Patrick   2021 Jul 13, 7:21am  

https://babylonbee.com/news/china-allows-uighurs-to-display-select-political-messages-on-prison-uniforms



BEIJING—China announced today that Uighurs being held at their labor camps will be allowed to display one of several select political messages on their prison camp uniforms.

"We got the idea from our buddies over at the NBA," said President Xi. "This way, we can virtue-signal to Americans about how virtuous we are, while we continue oppressing people in a much worse way than any government or police force in America is currently doing. It's pretty great, actually."

Messages that call out Chinese human rights abuses will, of course, not be tolerated. Only "woke" messages that call out Americans for their problems and injustices will be allowed. Messages like "Black Lives Matter," "I Can't Breathe," and "Death to America" are on the list, while messages like "Free Hong Kong," "Stop Chinese Genocide," and "Uighur Lives Matter" are not.

The popularly requested message "President Xi Looks Like Winnie The Pooh" is right out.
196   Patrick   2021 Jul 18, 10:12pm  

https://amgreatness.com/2021/07/16/laws-against-critical-race-theory-are-only-the-first-step/

Americans must do far more than just pass state laws to ban CRT bills. Parents must vote in new school boards who will free their districts from CRT. These new board members also must attend each general meeting and every committee to ensure that CRT truly is removed from every classroom. State lawmakers must pass transparency bills that require all public school and university policies and materials to be posted on the internet.

Lawmakers also need to remove all chokepoints the radical establishment uses to impose CRT and similar propaganda, by removing CRT classes from public universities’ general education requirements and providing alternate means of teaching licensure that allow would-be teachers to avoid the CRT seminaries that our education schools have become.

State policymakers would do well to begin to defund schools that will not remove CRT voluntarily. They should also defund public universities that either require CRT training or insert CRT into general education requirements. Perhaps most effective would be to grant every citizen a private right of action against individual public employees who violate CRT bans, so as to make these public employees personally liable for tenacious devotion to discrimination.
198   Hircus   2021 Jul 22, 10:00am  

Patrick says



Or install browser extensions to help do it (this one has been around for years)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/racism-simulator/dmjhkebiknajjcgfjcfaefladmonilah?hl=en

Looks like the left is fighting back, trying to do the opposite, by replacing words and phrases to make things more racist
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/you-mean-racist/lhhgjpemkeanpdgdedcnpanpldajdcig
199   Patrick   2021 Sep 9, 12:37pm  

https://thinkspot.com/online_content/new-discourses/diversity-a-translation-from-the-wokish/rDuGlQZ/Event

"Diversity" just refers to people who will be loyal totalitarian apparatchiks, and has nothing to do with race or sex.
200   Patrick   2021 Nov 1, 1:07pm  

https://notthebee.com/article/ibram-x-kendi-deleted-this-tweet-about-college-admission-when-people-notes-it-undermines-his-whole-america-is-white-supremacist-worldview-


Joel Abbott

Oct 31st, 2021 8:59 am
It's hard to keep your religious doctrine straight when you're woke.

On Friday, America's top CRT priest tried to prove how systemically racist the nation is with this tweet:


Arg, curse those evil white people!
There's only one problem: This tweet undermines all of Kendi's race arguments.

These white students are trying to identify as other ethnicities because being white hurts their efforts to get accepted.



201   AmericanKulak   2021 Nov 10, 4:35pm  

Language tip: school choice advocates should always say "scholarships" instead of "vouchers."It gives a connotation of opportunity and forces our opponents to take the unenviable position of denying scholarships to families and children. - Christopher Rufo

We want the State to give $7000 Scholarships to every school child in Florida!

Teachers Union: "Nooooo, we hate $7000 Scholarships!!!"
202   Patrick   2021 Nov 10, 5:45pm  

I like it.

Wording counts for a lot.

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