There's a lot of 'crt says this' and 'no it doesn't' going on... who or what is an acceptable/credible citation or source on the theory? With Darwin's theory of evolution, for example, we can cite Darwin as an authority. Quoting Darwin would generally be considered a credible source on what his theory of evolution does and does not say. Who or what is an equivalent authority in CRT?
I think the current lefty talking points is that CRT is an obscure academic theory going back several decades that has no impact on...anything. But I think when we're talking about CRT we're talking about the end products, so I would say there are two major authorities on CRT as practiced: Ibram Kendi, author of How to be an Antiracist and Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility. Their books, speeches and training products form the basis of the "antiracism" curriculum that show up in corporate DIE training and in schools. Virtually all of the current antiracism/antiwhite training comes from either or both of these two books and academics.
I was hoping some supporters/defenders of critical race theory would chime in... you're not one, correct?
I am a CRT agnostic, but it started with Kimberle Crenshaw and has been shaped somewhat by Khiara Bridges. I am an agnostic because the devil is very much in the details as to how CRT is being used or misused. Theoretically, all the old white racists should actually be embracing CRT because it lets them off the hook to a certain degree and the establishment liberals should oppose it because it hangs them on the hook right beside the Klan. In practice, that is not the case.
I think my posting history speaks for itself in that regard, but I was trying to skip past the talking points of this just being an academic theory and move on to what the actual product of CRT is.
Critical Race Theory is the red meat issue being thrown to the Republicans for the 2022 and 2024 election cycles. In years past it was gay marriage, abortion, welfare queens, Willie Horton, Jeremiah Wright, etc. Since Republicans rarely have any issues of substance to run on, they have to dig up divisive wedge issues like this to rile their base up.
That's..wrong. The fact is, all of the issue's you've mentioned; I guess we would call them cultural issues, were ones that were brought up by Democrats. Republicans tend to react to these issues, not start them.
