Thread by @emeriticus

These interviews with advocates of CRT are important:

-they want a narrative of America that emphasizes racial grievances

-Black History Month (February) is insufficient, they want *all* history recast through the lens of racial grievances against whites
nbcnews.com/meet-the-press…

I appreciate Jelani Cobb here who says that historical narratives are essentially subjective, and the advocates of CRT has simply chosen to emphasize grievances against white people

The opponents of CRT should not shy away from saying simply, we choose a positive vision of American history, we choose to reject white shaming, anti American, anti Western accounts

But the discussion about what kind of story we want to tell about America is a one that happens among people who do not fundamentally disagree

You aren't going to convince the founder of the 1619 project to come along. But you can and should fire educators who agree with her

The lie of liberalism is that beating your opponents is actually evidence of having the weaker argument. It's totally untrue. These people themselves don't believe that, which is why they actively try to silence the opposition while demanding to be heard out