A simple definition of critical race theory that everyone can understand.
Dr. Karlyn Borysenko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxKUksJ5kA0
https://twitter.com/DrKarlynB/status/14 ... 7354386436
I have done extensive research on Critical Race Theory, tracing it to Critical Theory and the term 'critical' to Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason via Marx. So I can agree in general with Borysenko.
.............Here's her definition of what is Critical Race Theory, plus some commentary on it...
- Critical Race Theory is an ideology started in academia in the 70s that says racism exists everywhere - in every person and system - and the job of the critical theorist is to assess HOW (not if) racism occurred in any circumstance. Racism is always ASSUMED to have occurred.
Another way to think of critical race theory is this:
It's [CRT is] the opposite of what Martin Luther King preached. It's the idea that we should judge people on the basis of their race, that someone's race is the only thing that matters about them, not the content of their character.[/color]
So why is all of this [CRT] problematic,
as the kids say. When you start with a conclusion - that racism has occurred - and work your way back from that conclusion, that's confirmation bias.
You'll only look at information that supports your conclusion.
If you are LOOKING for racism in everything, you will inevitably FIND racism in everything.
You will misconstrue the most innocent thing as being a symbol of racism.
You will also ignore data that contradicts your point, so you're not showing the full spectrum of information.
All that leads to the conclusion being confirmed. And anyone who disagrees with you or points out all the information you ignored is fragile. When you start with the conclusion, you leave no room for a real THEORY to develop.