Is there a difference between "critical race theory" and "systemic racism?"

[LAS14]

Is one just a theory about the other?

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[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. Systemic racism exists. CRT explains how and why.

That's a super basic version of the difference. CRT originally was used on the legal system.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. CRT explains it or does it prove it?

Since it began in the law, I'm guessing there are case studies to prove that systemic racism exists. And that's why Republicans want to put it down before it gets traction in the public.

Easy enough to beat them, by showing that evidence in the form of a documentary.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. Theories explain and interpret. Proofs prove.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Hmmm...if this has been in the hands of Civil Rights lawyers, I'm guessing they're

being modest. I'm sure, if push comes to shove, they could lay out those case studies in a way that could establish proof.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. Proof in a court of law is different than the modern scientific definition of "theory."

[Baitball Blogger]

9. "Proof" carries more weight than "theory."

I'm saying, let's see the evidence. Let's establish the proof.

[StarfishSaver]

12. It's been proven over and over and over again

Some people just pretend not to see it.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. I agree with you. Which is really ironic because the Republicans are

barking up the wrong tree. Here they're having conniptions over a "theory" when systemic racism is a fact in some circles. The more the Republicans complain, the more they're going to push the academics to step up and make that point clear.

[StarfishSaver]

14. The academics don't need to do anything

That point is made clear every day to anyone whose head's not up their butt.

[Baitball Blogger]

15. I would say, where it comes to systemic racism, about 40% of the American population

has their head up their butt. And then, there's another 20% who don't think it's the top five priorities in their lives. So it's up to the other 40% to push back to convince those 20%, that it is.

[zipplewrath]

2. Well

Yes, in the sense that one is intended to explain PORTIONS of the other. I don't think CRT was intended to be exhaustive in its description of the phenomenon. Quite honestly, CRT was intended to explain the ORIGINS of systemic racism, not necessarily its full consequence.

[ismnotwasm]

5. Yes.

[Voltaire2]

6. CRT attempts to explain why we have

systemic racism, among other things.

[Phoenix61]

10. I like to think of CRT as a way of looking at things.

Like looking at light as both a particle and a wave.

[ShazamIam]

11. I think, critical race theory is the name given to the study of why we have systemic racism.

Some scholars were looking into systemic racism and the causes and social and economic and educational results.

That is a condensation of what I have read around some of the reputable sites.