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StarfishSaver

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13. It's also very suspicious that people who never thought for a second about "Critical Race Theory"
Thu May 27, 2021, 12:17 PM
May 2021

in the past and can't tell you what it is to save their lives, suddenly in the past few weeks use it as an attack point and comeback in every discussion about race. It's obvious that somewhere a decision was made to add CRT to the lexicon of Luntz-type buzzwords to terrify and provoke conservatives and intimidate progressives into silence.

Unfortunately, like most racially-provocative buzzwords, plenty of progressives have adopted them and are helping to weaponized them in service to racist conservatives to the point that it's sometimes difficult to tell our white allies apart from racists on the other side.

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Many Americans don't want anything to challenge... Buckeye_Democrat May 2021 #1
The entire premise is flawed. BannonsLiver May 2021 #2
Did you read the article? StarfishSaver May 2021 #4
They make it into a cudgel because they fear it. Caliman73 May 2021 #9
Excellent article. Thanks for sharing it. SoonerPride May 2021 #3
CRT needs to jettison postmodernism and moral relativism. Mosby May 2021 #5
Why do you think CRT incorporates post modernism and moral relativism? StarfishSaver May 2021 #6
Because they do. Mosby May 2021 #14
Lol StarfishSaver May 2021 #18
Why is that funny? Mosby May 2021 #19
I thought you had important work to do? StarfishSaver May 2021 #20
Wow, that's not condescending. Mosby May 2021 #21
You're the one who said you were too busy working to answer a question about what you weren't . StarfishSaver May 2021 #23
Ok Mosby May 2021 #51
What are your critiques of postmodernism? Caliman73 May 2021 #12
So you admit CRT is a bourgeois phenomena. Mosby May 2021 #17
For someone too busy "working" to answer a simple question StarfishSaver May 2021 #22
Wow mcar May 2021 #27
Its true. Mosby May 2021 #31
Goddamn, that's a lot of bullshit packaged in one post... Humanist_Activist May 2021 #38
Because the retail chains are afraid of lawsuits. Mosby May 2021 #55
Oh well, if you say so mcar May 2021 #53
Hard to take someone's critique of lawyers seriously StarfishSaver May 2021 #33
Sorry I left out contract and property law. Mosby May 2021 #37
You're not stupid. Just ill-informed about the law and the practice thereof StarfishSaver May 2021 #42
Lol, no still at work. Mosby May 2021 #45
Critical race studies go far beyond criminal and tort law StarfishSaver May 2021 #46
Ok. Mosby May 2021 #48
Surprised that you didn't realize if you post a Laura PourMeADrink May 2021 #28
Uhm, define any of those 3 without using right wing buzzwords please. Humanist_Activist May 2021 #24
Read your links Mosby May 2021 #32
Hmm, you should understand words before posting. Humanist_Activist May 2021 #34
Apparently you don't understand the difference between study and essay Mosby May 2021 #36
This field is more often called "critical race studies" StarfishSaver May 2021 #40
Not all scientific theories can be tested in a lab, there's also observational evidence... Humanist_Activist May 2021 #41
Ok Mosby May 2021 #50
It never claimed to be a "scientific" theory - which is different from a social science theory, Solly Mack May 2021 #43
Ok. Mosby May 2021 #49
OK. Be dismissive. I wasn't being dismissive. I was explaining there is a difference. Solly Mack May 2021 #52
My degree is in social science Mosby May 2021 #54
As is mine. And social theory can be tested through experiments, and evidence and data can be Solly Mack May 2021 #56
What's the "methodology"? Goodheart May 2021 #63
Agreed Caliman73 May 2021 #7
It's also very suspicious that people who never thought for a second about "Critical Race Theory" StarfishSaver May 2021 #13
Yeah, It is unfortunate. Caliman73 May 2021 #15
I've seen this in effect many times apnu May 2021 #29
K&R Solly Mack May 2021 #8
K&R uponit7771 May 2021 #10
The same people who "tried" to be non-racist also freaked out going 6 weeks without a hair cut. Efilroft Sul May 2021 #11
K&R gademocrat7 May 2021 #16
Kick mcar May 2021 #25
People can only wake when they are ready to wake. apnu May 2021 #26
I find no way to engage on this subject - CRT SleeplessinSoCal May 2021 #30
Talking about systems and how it intersects with individual human interaction... Humanist_Activist May 2021 #35
This helped me get to the heart of it. SleeplessinSoCal May 2021 #60
K&R. CRT gives us a vocabulary to talk about the white supremacy we live in (and that all white WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #39
Well said. StarfishSaver May 2021 #44
"more than burning crosses and segregated drinking fountains" leftstreet May 2021 #47
I feel like I should add some thoughts Mosby May 2021 #57
Ok tonedevil May 2021 #58
An example of how quasi scientific theories can be dangerously misleading Mosby May 2021 #59
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2021 #61
Of course they don't. StarfishSaver May 2021 #62
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