I'd like to ask @brianfraga to reconsider his article criticizing @BishopBarron for saying that #CriticalRaceTheory has "philosophical underpinnings in Nietzsche, Marx, Foucault, and Derrida."
Short, instructive thread. 1/
Short, instructive thread. 1/
To determine whether Bishop Barron was correct, @brianfraga turned to @SamRochadotcom, a "Catholic philosopher and academic who has written about critical race theory." Rocha made numerous claims, including the claim that 'critical' in "CRT" simply means the difference 2/
between the biological theory of race and a sociological one" and that "nowhere whatsoever does a critical theory of race or CRT emerge from German or French theoretical foundations" and that "it is fiction to claim that they emerge from the secret roots of Nietzche, Marx, 3/
Foucault, and Derrida."
In response, I pointed out that numerous primary sources contradicted each of these claims, supplying screenshots and direct quotes from other CRT scholars, like this one: 4/
In response, I pointed out that numerous primary sources contradicted each of these claims, supplying screenshots and direct quotes from other CRT scholars, like this one: 4/
@wokal_distance even provided a video clip and transcript in which Kimberle Crenshaw explains how she coined the phrase "critical race theory." 5/
https://twitter.com/wokal_distance/status/1386443391911612421
In her writings, Crenshaw is quite explicit about the connection between CRT and Neo-Marxist Antonio Gramsci: 6/
https://twitter.com/NeilShenvi/status/1335724689549910025
In summary, I'd like to encourage @brianfraga to examine the primary sources for himself and revise the article to accurately reflect the scholarship, particularly since it supports Barron's claims rather than refuting them. 7/7
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