Thread by @EveKeneinan

Cringe on a level I barely knew existed.

https://twitter.com/MythinformedMKE/status/1469156841024278528

The professor puts the woman on the spot by asking “You took this class because I’m black?”

That is EITHER suppose to matter deeply OR it isn’t. Which is it?

Critical Race Theory and Wokeness in general both CLAIM that blacks have special “black ways of knowing.”

If black people really do have special “ways of knowing”, then why on earth would it be a bad thing to select a class on the basis of the professor’s race?

Only if that is false would it be a questionable thing to do.

“I knew you were black when I signed up for this class. That was important to me.”
“You signed up for this class because I’m black?”

Not what she said. Speaking as a professor, it is very bad form to twist a brand new student’s words in a passive-aggressive way like that.

The correct question (if one were needed) would be: “Why was my being black important to you?”

Which, in today’s world, could very well have the answer “Well, Critical Race Theory teaches that black law professors have special knowledge that others professors can’t have.”

I mean, that’s the story, is it not? You are supposed to be able to get special occult knowledge from “centering black voices.”

It hurts so much because it is clearly trying to be “Look at the racist white woman trying so hard, and failing, to not show her racism” but just as clearly actually is “This is what I, the writer, thinks that racist white women probably sound like, although I’ve never met one."