Thread by @DrIbram

Let’s talk about the deleted tweet. It was quite an entertaining weekend. 1/14

First, context. In 2017, 55 percent of White people were surveyed as saying White people are subjected to racism. But a smaller % of White folk said they have experienced racism. Only 11% stated they personally faced racism when applying for college. 2/14
npr.org/2017/10/24/559…

The anti-CRT crusade has spread this belief that White Americans are the victims of racism. As I posted last week, more than a third of White students lie about their race when applying for college, according to an online survey. 3/14
thehill.com/changing-ameri…

And there’s hardly any accountability – three-fourths of the White students lying on their applications about their race are receiving acceptance letters in return. 4/14

I deleted this tweet when I saw disinformation operatives distorting its implications. I posted these figures to show how many people may still hold this false belief that White people are disadvantaged. The angry reaction to my post (and deletion) evidenced this even more. 5/14

In fact, White students typically have a leg up when applying for college. The net worth of a typical White family is 10x that of a typical Black family, allowing White families to pay for high-priced test prep that artificially boosts test scores. 6/14
brookings.edu/blog/up-front/…

Rich students, who are disproportionately White, get higher SAT scores for a host of reasons. These higher scores give them an advantage in college admissions. 7/14
cnbc.com/2019/10/03/ric…

Students of color tend to go to under-resourced schools. Predominantly White school districts received $23 billion more than predominantly nonwhite school districts in state/local funding in 2016, despite serving about the same number of students. 8/14
washingtonpost.com/local/educatio…

Black, Brown, and Native students are less likely to be in “gifted” programs or G.P.A.-boosting college prep courses like AP and IB—which are pipelines to successful college applications. 9/14
insidehighered.com/admissions/art…
nbcnews.com/news/education…

Students of color are less likely to be “legacy” students. And in the end: If Black, Brown, and Native students benefit from their race, then why are they under-represented at highly selective colleges and universities? 10/14
americanprogress.org/issues/race/ne…

These disinformation operatives are claiming I mistakenly demonstrated that structural racism doesn’t exist at the same time they used the figures I posted to claim that structural racism exists against White people. 11/14

They also claim what they call “critical race theory” is racist and widespread in our schools while also arguing that racism is a “left-wing myth,” to quote Mike Pence. 12/14

The paradox seems lost on them. I’m reminded of something @nhannahjones recently stated: Anti-CRT political operatives expect the American people to believe that our overwhelmingly *White* teaching force is teaching White students that they are evil because they are White. 13/14

What these disinformation operatives say is not supposed to make sense. It's not supposed to be substantiated. It’s supposed to be believed. It’s supposed to inflame. They'll distort anyone and anything to claim racism doesn’t exist (except of course against White people). 14/14