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Dumbing down schools for equity

True and misleading at the same time. CRT is not taught in elementary or high school but its principles are clearly guiding decisions of school boards and administrators, many of whom actually have graduate degrees.
Not really. The principles of CRT are for the most part pretty bland. Eg:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory

A tenet of CRT is that racism and disparate racial outcomes are the result of complex, changing, and often subtle social and institutional dynamics, rather than explicit and intentional prejudices of individuals.

They are referring to classical liberals there, not left-leaning Americans.


"Classical Liberalism" is just modern mainstream Liberalism with the last 100 years of Economics stripped away. Despite what your propaganda sources have told you these are not any more different than that.

One is to improve the abilities of the lowest performers. This can be difficult. The other is to lower the abilities of the highest performers. This is comparatively easy and the route that California has chosen.


Having higher and lower performing students in the same classroom seems pretty normal these days and seems to stem from new theories in education, not CRT.


As a card-carrying member of the right wing nutbars, I can tell you that it is easy to tell the actual history of race and racism in America as a positive tale of two great evils (slavery and segregation) that were overcome, largely because they so obviously contradicted the ideals expressed by the founders about things like liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Don't forget the genocide...

You are wrong in saying these have been overcome. People are still being systematically targeted with repression and economic disadvantage based on their skin color. Actual academic opposition to CRT isn't based on denying this happens but disagreement on the suitability of some of it's proposed solutions.
 
Are you sure?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory





Looking for a book on critical rage theory I couldn't find one that was bigger than a pamphlet, I instead read cynical race theory which was a pretty good book so yeah, I know more about the subject than most and most of what I read about it is pretty meh.

Whether you agree or disagree with CRT it's not being taught in schools nor is it even possible to teach it there. Even undergraduates in university typically would not be able to fully understand it.


Its not that hard to understand, however it is
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. First you have to split what was taught in the 90's to what it is now.

I looked at the wiki and am wondering what they are trying to say. I am guessing a lot of racial hiring quotas and some such. I am calling
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on the whole thing. I can guarantee that undergraduates in a typical university is taking this class. They do want to know the right thing to say in corporate America that will keep their ass from being sacked. Especially considering the cost of an undergraduate degree these days. If you are one of the favored ones you want to know the reason for your favored status and why you are first in line for hiring, raises, and promotions.

CRT is down on all forms of liberalism. Lets see if I can remember why. I think because it try's to give everyone a break regardless of race. The break they are offering may not mean much its more the thought that counts. It is also class based which CRT is not in any way or fashion.

A tenet of CRT is that racism and disparate racial outcomes are the result of complex, changing, and often subtle social and institutional dynamics, rather than explicit and intentional prejudices of individuals.

I am calling
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on this one. CRT is all about what whitey is doing and thinking. We all have hoods under our beds and like nothing better than sticking it to coloured folk. Actually thats about the only thing in CRT I agree with. heh Actually I shouldn't be laughing at this and am quite sad that this is truth. What I disagree with is the sacking of anyone in corporate America that rightly call
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on this

Classical liberalism, the idea that if you are not making enough to live, you have to move, and shouldn’t expect anything from father has no place in CRT

My daughter was in a urban public school this year and is in a charter school this year. My take in the public school in general compared to the charter, as well as CRT. Public school are actually better then advertised. They have plenty of money. Everything is on computer which is good if you can get your kid to work the computer. Public schools are more political than charter. My daughters class made BLM posters and did mostly required protest around the school to protest something or other. The one who declined to make the sign got roughed up a bit. Charter schools are run on a shoestring. My school is giving a uniform infraction and lunchroom detention if their paper mask breaks. They say that they have given out 400 masks already which is guess is probably about 40 bucks or something. They force me to volunteer in the kitchen. However my daughter seems to be doing just fine there. Nothing is computerized, had to buy all school supplies, uniforms, etc. Charter school runs on a schedule that takes into account peoples working schedules. Public school seems to not take peoples schedules into account, kids come up missing in the urban school and nobody seems to care.
 
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Not really. The principles of CRT are for the most part pretty bland. Eg:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory

Structural racism in other words? And I should mention here that Kendi is not entirely wrong and neither is CRT--racism (and especially the legacy of segregation) do have a lot to do with inequities in society. I've posted here before that Blacks should be asking for reparations for segregation rather than slavery, for the obvious reason that people alive today have suffered from it.

"Classical Liberalism" is just modern mainstream Liberalism with the last 100 years of Economics stripped away. Despite what your propaganda sources have told you these are not any more different than that.

Okay then let's go back to the point you made (possibly quoting Wikipedia?):

Academic critics of CRT argue that CRT elevates storytelling over evidence and reason, rejects the concepts of truth and merit, and opposes liberalism.
(italics added for emphasis)

In what ways does CRT oppose liberalism? I can see how it opposes classical liberal ideas like freedom of speech and inquiry, but those are certainly not tenets of modern liberalism?

Having higher and lower performing students in the same classroom seems pretty normal these days and seems to stem from new theories in education, not CRT.

Yeah, but guess what? The parents that can afford it and have a talented child will pull their kid out of public school so they can move ahead at their own pace rather than wait for the herd.

Don't forget the genocide...

You are wrong in saying these have been overcome. People are still being systematically targeted with repression and economic disadvantage based on their skin color.

I don't deny the history or the current existence of racism. But at least we have largely eliminated its formal institutions and its state sponsorship.

Actual academic opposition to CRT isn't based on denying this happens but disagreement on the suitability of some of it's proposed solutions.

Well, thank goodness the academics have hashed all the rest out for us, just let us know what we have to do. White Fragility workshops? I hear they're all the rage and the only downside is watching white liberals cry as they are forced to admit their racism. Get me some popcorn.
 
Classical liberalism is not really a thing. Corps are actually the biggest welfare recipients with social spending being a distant second
 
I am not against racial quotas for hiring. I was just reacting to my experience as a young man in the 80’s and 90’s where there were no jobs and I felt that I had hit a wall from going up against them and the negative effect that had on me. Nowadays with jobs being plentiful it does not mean the same thing that I used to associate with it.
 
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