Bottom line:
If you think military personnel and law enforcement who express white supremacist sentiment shouldn’t be fired because “free speech” and “Muh First Amendment,” respectfully —
— shut the fuck up about Critical Race Theory for all eternity.
If you think military personnel and law enforcement who express white supremacist sentiment shouldn’t be fired because “free speech” and “Muh First Amendment,” respectfully —
— shut the fuck up about Critical Race Theory for all eternity.
Let me explain something for the “Critical Race Theory is bad and should be banned because it talks about systemic racism and we’re postracial” [etc] crowd.
Have you ever heard of the Truth and Reconciliation commission?
Here’s something to consider:
Have you ever heard of the Truth and Reconciliation commission?
Here’s something to consider:
Racism didn’t magically end after the Civil War. That’s why a thing called Reconstruction happened.
Racism didn’t magically end then. That’s why a thing called the Civil Rights Struggle happened.
Racism didn’t magically end then. That’s why a thing called BLM happened.
Racism didn’t magically end then. That’s why a thing called the Civil Rights Struggle happened.
Racism didn’t magically end then. That’s why a thing called BLM happened.
Passage of the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the Voting Rights Act (1965) didn’t end the racism entrenched in white-dominated power structures like, for example, southern policing.
Why?
Do you recall mass resignations of KKK cops? You think they woke up anti-racist overnight?
Why?
Do you recall mass resignations of KKK cops? You think they woke up anti-racist overnight?
The United States never programmatically confronted the legacy of slavery and its aftermath - neither a retributive (postwar Germany’s Denazification) nor restorative model of justice (Truth & Reconciliation in South Africa).
… where exactly did all those Klan cops go?
… where exactly did all those Klan cops go?
Critical Race Theory is - bluntly - historical context.
That’s it.
If that upsets you, I assume it’s because you’re busy planning Denazification / Truth & Reconciliation style approaches that’d render CRT obsolete - since you clearly find the topic of racism so horrible.
That’s it.
If that upsets you, I assume it’s because you’re busy planning Denazification / Truth & Reconciliation style approaches that’d render CRT obsolete - since you clearly find the topic of racism so horrible.
https://twitter.com/msentropy/status/1389098528236998656
Want to ban Critical Race Theory?
Fine. But you also have to do this:
When your doctor diagnoses you with a cancerous tumor, and it scares you so much you never call him back to schedule surgery — don’t be surprised and try to sue when it later metastasizes and kills you.
Fine. But you also have to do this:
When your doctor diagnoses you with a cancerous tumor, and it scares you so much you never call him back to schedule surgery — don’t be surprised and try to sue when it later metastasizes and kills you.
Finally - if you’re in the “I’m not responsible for slavery; that was 400 years ago and I refuse to feel guilty for something I didn’t do!” camp:
Explain to me again why Critical Race Theory bothers you.
Slowly.
Explain to me again why Critical Race Theory bothers you.
Slowly.
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