I've noticed the "Anti-Critical Race Theory" forces, which all seem to have a common core of linkage to right wing think tanks, love to quote MLK and say their goal is to make sure everyone is under the same rules.
However CRT, the real CRT, is looking at not rules but...
However CRT, the real CRT, is looking at not rules but...
..their application. It looks at how laws have been used to enforce the status quo and compares and contrasts the application of legal decisions based on the class, race, and position of those involved.
Think about the issues with laws around crack having much stronger...
Think about the issues with laws around crack having much stronger...
..laws than cocaine, which disproportionately affected the poorer communities where cocaine was cut to make it cheaper and each kilo go further.
Now if we apply that same framework to say laws around land use and find out that the law was not applied fairly and was used...
Now if we apply that same framework to say laws around land use and find out that the law was not applied fairly and was used...
..to redline communities or otherwise prevent immigration into that area, that would be problematic.
Likewise if an analysis is done and we find that in civil lawsuits race played a role in the wronged parties pay out or likelihood of winning that would mean the law wasn't...
Likewise if an analysis is done and we find that in civil lawsuits race played a role in the wronged parties pay out or likelihood of winning that would mean the law wasn't...
..applied equally.
That is CRT, CRT is analyzing laws and their application and how it reflects on society.
A study showing a change for example in rewards in police misconduct changes after George Floyd and more societal access to video of police actions would be...
That is CRT, CRT is analyzing laws and their application and how it reflects on society.
A study showing a change for example in rewards in police misconduct changes after George Floyd and more societal access to video of police actions would be...
..a form of CRT, or at least CRT adjacent
Outside of a college classroom you MIGHT have lessons influenced by CRT but you are not doing it in mass
Outside of a college classroom you MIGHT have lessons influenced by CRT but you are not doing it in mass
CRT is a look at we are all living under the same rules, are those rules fair? Are they applied fairly? What does it mean when those rules aren't?
Everyone had the rules around Crack and Cocaine applied equally but, the rules themselves weren't fair
Everyone had the rules around Crack and Cocaine applied equally but, the rules themselves weren't fair
Those fighting their strawman CRT and trying to take over school boards are trying to spark a culture war because they are worried about the GOPs chances running against the economy and covid recovery.
You would have to ask them why they are so worried that teaching of a real history of American will hurt their causes. Do they truly believe we work in a post racial society? That the mission MLK and so many others set out to complete is truly solved?
Maybe read them this quote:
Maybe read them this quote:
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