A Guide to Critical Race Theory
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- A guide to critical race theory based on five of the most influential books related to critical race theory.
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0:00 Intro
00:49 Integration And Color-blindness
03:30 Race-Consciousness
04:49 Deconstruction And Reconstruction
06:10 What Critical Race Theory Is About
06:39 Academia
09:38 What Evidence Do They Use?
11:25 Racism in CRT
12:22 Critical Race Theorists Analyze America
13:35 CRT's Vision For The Future
16:18 Marxism
Sources:
Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed The Movement : Edited by Kimberlé Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Gary Peller, Kendall Thomas
How To Be An Antiracist: Ibram X. Kendi
Critical Race Theory: Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic
Words That Wound: Mari J. Matsuda, Charles R. Lawrence III, Richard Delgado, Kimberlé Crenshaw
White Fragility: Robin DiAngelo
Traditional And Critical Theory: Max Horkheimer
Cornell Law's CLT listing (precursor to critical race theory) that includes Max Horkheimer as an influence:
www.law.cornell.edu/wex/criti...
Ibram X. Kendi's Politico article advocating for a Department of Anti-racism:
www.politico.com/interactives...
Dude just explained one of the most controversial, lightning-rod issues as calmly as explaining how to fix a flat tire. Kudos brother, you are _really_ good at explaining things. I was afraid to even click the video and after I watched it I felt calmer and much more informed.
Italy is 50 miles from Africa…Spain is
technically less than 10 miles from Africa ...
People in the Mediterranean area have been
mixing for 100,000 years ... Former slaves in
north and south and central America have
been mixing for 400+ years ... NOW, If
someone is biracial do they get all the
reparations?
if someone is 1/4 Black do they get 1/4
reparations,
if someone is 10% Black do they get 10%
reparations?
my DNA test said I was one percent Black.
This video seems extremely racist…Tell me
how I might be wrong.
@@arthurallenbrown1305 wrong video! He's not debating that here. I'm sure there's some wokeies you can engage with on another video if it's that important to you.
Capitalist corporations promote identity politics.
Ryan tells his gullible audience that identity politics is "Marxism".
You may be calmer but you are the opposite of "informed".
@@Conserpov the corporations are being forced by the political movement. Any corporations that don't yield to leftism get decimated. Comply or die, just like conservative policing.
@mrpc5971 when you say "wokies' you kinda self report as the type of guy to use CRT to stoke the culture war flames
What makes Ryan's videos so effective is that he is not reckless with his vocabulary; every word has boundaries to it's meaning. If we let words become too fluid we are sacrificing our capabilities of rational discussion and thereby stunting our ability to find truth.
Language shapes reality.
I can think of two words that have become far too fluid of late, "Man" & "Woman" .. pretty simple words on their own, but apparently full "other meanings" . . Apparently!!
Agreed. Like "woke" and "groomer" and" open border" and "persecution".
_...we are sacrificing our capabilities of rational discussion..._
This is intended since rationality is a "evil male white" value. 😎
Like science, of course. PoC don't need science and search for the truth, they already know it. Like the Holy Mother Church in medieval times.
Welcome to the dork ages.
Wittgenstein
How anyone can think a mindset that willfully abandons objectivity and reason can possibly lead to anything good is beyond me.
It’s pretty cult like ngl. Actually, thinking about it, a lot of CRT seems like a cult. It’s fanatical, it’s demands loyalty, it claims it will make its adherents and society “better” without explaining how, etc. etc.
Religion
@@karenmiller8620Following religion teaching can lead to good results. Buddha's karma rule is a good examplem
Critical Race theory's ideas just lead to more segregation and racism.
@@chuchu5946believe in karma might make you act I a good way but it might also make you have unrealistic expecting since you have a distorded idea of how the world works.If you believe justice happens on itself you don't seek for it.
@@karenmiller8620Depends the word culture has the root word "cult" in it. According to standard historical facts along with archeological evidence cults or religious systems actually acted as a positive force of progress in the technological and inventive way a civilization developed. Then in other instances it could cause a destruction of a kingdom like when the selfish Pharoah Akhenaten reigned over Egypt and threw out its old polytheistic religion so he and his own ideas could be venerated which also caused Egypt to go into economic crisis because the previous religious view brought the trade flowing in and essentially ran ancient Egypt more successfully than Akkenatens more brutal cult system. Philosophy for today is the same thing but just not always with a spiritual or supernatural outlook. Philosophies like Marxist theory literally expressing zero tolerance for any philosophy than its own. This attitude is very cruel and can actually drive oppression.
Ryan is the sociology professor we all wish we had in college.
Brooklyn bridge is a bridge you all want to buy?
''sociology professor we all wish we had in college.''
Mr supercuck claiming ''white supremacy'' ova hea, don't think so!
I'd LOVE to hear the HONEST opinion of ''Critical theorists'' about ARAB or Ottoman slavery, millions of BLACK men castrated for their M0h4mmedan/islamic overlords, European KIDS brainwashed to fight their former country as slavesoldiers.
Probably that's ''not as bad because the perpetrators aren't completely white'' according to them.
Had to skip through 50 videos to finally find this one just EXPLAINING the theory without screaming a policital viewpoint at me.
I couldn’t agree more. This is the objective approach that I was looking for.
@@stuartkeithguitars4251 if you’re right then he isn’t doing a very good job of it. He is clearly going against the mainstream media. I listened to NPR spend an hour talking about how CRT is simply teaching our children factual history. They left absolutely everything that this guy said out of the discussion.
@@stuartkeithguitars4251 you’re missing the point entirely. It would be even better if this guy is a full blown Marxist/Antifa flag flyer.
@@stuartkeithguitars4251 dude you’re confused. He’s clearly criticizing Marxism in his other videos. Most CRT supporters don’t want to admit it comes from Marxism. This guy reveals how it came from Marxism.
@@stuartkeithguitars4251 you must be a troll.
Hey, here's an idea: How about we treat every person we meet just like we'd like to be treated by them?
Common sense and benign pragmatism, we can't have that here sir please leave 😂
If we thought this way 500 years ago we would be in a different world
There is a document like that called the Gospel or for non believers the Universal Declaration on Human. Rights authored by nations of the world in just 2 pages. This needs to be taught in schools first before CRT who's authors and message are a conflict mystery mess..
@@toldyouso5588 I question whether CRT is actually "taught" in schools at all. Maybe some particular university classes, but not in most high schools or grade schools. Of course, most U.S. states set up curricula for public schools. Also, local school districts add their own ideas to that. It seems what's really happening here is a concern about "revisionist history' and a fear of actually learning more facts about our past. Most lower-grade schools don't get into the details of history - there's no time for it at that level. Hell, I'm 77 and still learning details about how our Constitution was formed, how WWII started, and numerous other events in history that were only glossed over in elementary and high school. I went to art school, not college, then was drafted (Vietnam), then work, marriage, kids, etc. Who has time for more education during those days? Now we get it fed to us 24/7 from all directions. It's a minefield of contrary, and often controversial, information that takes hours to week through.
@@AlanStoneInGreece it's not being taught, it's being indoctrinated. Teachers teach, radicals brainwash.
Outstanding summary. As a CPA that happens to be black, I've been exposed to and have had conversations with several individuals that support and advance "critical race theory". It seems reasonable to test your theory in a limited way to determine something more than a "theory" prior to general application. They want a "theory" accepted without any evidence of the potential result. That's unwise in most endeavors. Also, you've expressed the summary of what I've experienced in conversations with them. I think you're in the 90%++ accuracy range on this. Also, I believe there's evidence of a strong Marxist movement among blacks from the late 1800's and Marxism is not an uncommon goal of many blacks I've known. I believe you've "nailed it". Thanks for the video and saving me time researching it myself.👍
CRT has this warped view that culture is tied to race, when it couldn't be further from the truth.
You really should still research it for yourself and not trust UA-camrs and social media personalities, even ones with a veneer of centrism.
@@BillyOcean336 I have researched it myself, and Ryan is correct about CRT being retreaded revolutionary Marxism based on race instead of class. And since it is race based, it's actually akin to National Socialism and reminiscent of ANC philosophy - and we've seen how well that has worked out in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
@@mikeguilmette776 calling CRT Marxism is absolutist. Like any academic discipline, it draws from multiple theories. MLK was considered a communist by his detractors in his time.
Marxism is the key - that's why the ruling class tries to derail it. Read Marx, Engels and Lenin and life will get better for everyone, except for loan sharks and such.
There is a very high risk to raising race consciousness among the public at large and applying oppressed/oppressor labels based on race.
So far, there is a predictable resentment growing among whites of the lower economic classes to being called “privileged”.
That resentment is quickly turning to anger which will be easily manipulated into violence if there is not a course change.
What about the actual violence being committed against those who marxists deem " priveleged"? 90% of the interracial violent crimes are blaq on whyte.
"What does this new society look like?" From what I've put together, It would look absolutely crippled.
If you take this ideology to its logical conclusion ...
It leads to the balkanization of the United States, into separate countries ... divided into skin colour ...
Which is why I've changed my mind about this, thanks to this information.
CRT is indeed anti-American. Basically the idea that we can not all or certainly a lot of us ... Come together to become one .... Incorporating our various histories into a shared amalgam ... Is in deed a non-American idea.
It's like suggesting a couple could be married but live separate lives? And then raise kids that had to choose what parent they loved more.
No wonder these people are so mean and nasty.
Critical race theory is poison. Its aposed to everything Martin Luther king stood for.
You people are lost in the forest! Never to return to reality!
@@jimgeistlinger3545 I think many of us have come to the same conclusion. It's been weaponized to be spread out like a poison, attacking even the innocent in it's path of destruction. The absolute denial of people's character as individuals is terribly toxic.
Oh it's not hard to imagine at all. Just thonk of Germany during the late 30's and early 40's. And no, that's not being hyperbolic. Critical Race Theory os litteraly just National Socialism for black people.
Thank you for not trying to tell me how I should feel and just giving me information to allow me to make my own decisions. This almost never happens these days
It’s also the most dangerous thing to a CRT believer. It threatens the success of their optics and thereby threatens them achieving their goals.
The best argument against CRT is CRT itself.
However, the video definitely was telling people how to think about this topic through its analysis of CRT, which was very biased.
@@marcodemocracy10 well, thats your opinion. if you are so inclined to think so, perhaps make a rebuttal video about it.
@@trigjones wow. Who said I believe in CRT? As someone that has studied CRT for over 7 years, I do not find it a sound theory. I simply think that charlatans, like this guy, and most American liberals and conservatives don't know how to engage critical theory - mostly because we don't have a functional public education system and universities have become largely unachievable for most working class folk. I myself am a critic of CRT, I just dislike when bad faith discussions are had about any topic and this is a total bad faith video.
@@marcodemocracy10 Point out any part of it that you think is unfaithful, timestamp with notes ideally, so that there's more to what you're saying than a broad accusation...
Loved the video. I'm having a hard time understanding why academics being neutral, objective and balanced is anything but desirable. Being NOB does not preclude discussions of how subtle racism undermines our society. It does not preclude feeling that racism has caused deep divides on our country, and that big improvements are worth working for. To me NOB is the definition of true academia. And a worthy goal of every thinking person.
Yeah I’m having a hard time understanding why being NOB is bad and is only a facet of white culture when it certainly seems like the best method in pursuits of truth
@@spookypig8043the point is that people -especially white people - have a skewed perception of what "neutral, objective and balanced" is. Neutral, objective and balanced cannot exist when every culture/person within a culture has some sort of bias. This might be hard to stomach since people want to find a quick and easy solution for issues like racism - often through the guise of being neutral, objective and balanced, but in reality this stance is impossible to obtain.
This doesn't meant throwing facts and evidence and understand your debate etc. away, that is silly, but it does mean that trying to act as an academic absolute - one who is neutral, objective and balanced - isn't particularly helpful.
Culture can not be viewed through an NOB lense.
@@spookypig8043 "NOB is bad" is a concept propagated by the ruling class to obfuscate the material reality. When the working class realises that they all live in a material reality and therefore share common interests (e.g. leading meaningful lives) they will throw out the parasites and fully enjoy the fruits of their labour. So the parasites are trying to delay that realisation.
The counter-argument amounts to "You can't be perfectly neutral, objective, and balanced. So why even try?" It's like saying "why bother having morals?" b/c you will fail sometimes.
@@ChollieD having morals is attainable, being objective, neutral and balanced isn't.
Constant struggle + heightened awareness = a racism free future. That's a lot of faith.
Not to mention the claim that those in the minority are born with an innate 'authentic' culture, that their own culture is not the result of historical events in their own home country, and as much a construct as 'white' culture is.
Hhhmmm who else wants a constant struggle? Have you herd the term jihad? Kamf? 9f the course the sources why a moder westerner has heard those are pretty bad. In truth they are just words in different languages but we know them bc so bad people called for a similar struggle and it has led to extremism and death.
@@zionbrin1 Totally why systemic racism is a problem and CRT helps identify the unsustainable outcomes of those who struggle to remain in denial.
@@zionbrin1 yeah, so Marxism leading to race-nationalism aimed predominantly at the youth in order to create something akin to a new world order?
Where have we heard that before?
Sounds like the Nazis
Carl Jung observed that If someone physiologically over amps themselves towards a certain goal it can often unconsciously cause the opposite to manifest. Its hard not to see this exemplified in the apartheid that CRT would create if taken to its conclusion.
I have found this to be true in my own road ti recovery. Trying too hard is worse than getting distracted and having other priorities.
@@kq6up That makes sense to me. I've found a lot of Carl Jung's insights to be very grounded and applicable to my own life.
I hope your recovery is going well.
Or another term would be "self fulfilling prophecy." IE you go out of your way to prevent something from occuring only to realize that something came about through your radical swift actions. An sadly this is the end result for stuff like CRT, Environmentalism an other anti humanist ideas. It always produces the opposite effects that it originally intended.
This either leads to apartheid or genocide. And I’m not so certain that the CRTists would be content with mere separation. Their ultimate goal is murder. And this is their way of hardening the conscience.
If anything, the same can be said of Jim Crow and the South African Apartheid that we know of eventually spawning CRT, no?
Theories that change the meaning of words are always suspect.
Words and "un-words". Sounds familiar.
@@johnssiroid4439 Literally 1984
@@imstuff2499 1984 in the most Woke way possible.
@@imstuff2499 what do you mean by 1984, educate me
@@kimberlylewis8148 Read 1984 by George Orwell
The basic concept of the definition of racism is applying stereotypes to individuals based on belonging to a group based on race or color. This along with monolithic attitudes towards race in that everyone within that category has to think like what the stereotype dictates.
Yes, but some stereotypes are true
No it isn't. Race is a science that white europeans came up with, and they invented it with the express purpose of explaining why europeans should be on top, and it was an integral part of society building in america and to a lesser extent europe.
Racism is just that science applied.
@@Yatagurusu congrats for winning UA-cams most misinformed commentator award
@@jdenmark1287 no you're actually right racism was invented by black people to stay slaves in 1750 when white people taught them how to farm and dig wells and took them on luxury cruises across the atlantic
@@Yatagurusu you know science say race dont existe right . we are the humain race . and skin color are just variation that sit
Great video. It's odd to me to want to "change everything at once" - but not have an answer to what that looks like.
Seems like: not liking the leaking roof of your house - and deciding to burn the whole house to the ground - before you have the means to build a better house.
Enough people having race consciousness is a prerequisite to knowing how to change society.
Oh, they HAVE an idea of what the end goal looks like -- it's the typical successful-post-Marxist-revolution utopia that will be attained "after the successful revolution" -- but their current plan is always to bring about The Revolution. They don't SAY that for two reasons: 1) Because it would sound ridiculously airy-fairy utopian, (especially after the crashes of all the prospective marxist utopias in the 20th century) and ,2) because leaving the endpoint open disguises the fact that in reality the class-war (for Marx, persecution of the Bourgeoisie, for CRT-ists the persecution of "white oppressors") is a forever war. Even when only vaguely based on Marxism, the "definitional oppressor/oppressed" dichotomy used is always used as an excuse for claiming that anything "you, the good oppressed person" can identify as "the oppressor" serves as perpetual moral justification for action-against.
The "short-form" of any "definitional oppressor/oppressed" political theory is always: "Look at this justification for our group wielding all the political power: It is the only moral way." They just prefer that to not be explicit, lest people figure it out and go "That sounds awfully like a really shaky excuse for a naked power grab!"
A different way to think of any "definitional oppressor/oppressed" political theory is as a secular religion specifying the oppressed group as "The Chosen People" and Original Sin condemning "The Bad People." Religion isn't the 1st thing that comes to mind, obviously, but if you look at how they wield guilt and "sin" -- along with sort of vaguely dangling sort of nebulous hope for forgiveness -- it is easy to see a parallel.
@@paulwblair Taking the emphasis off of race consciousness and putting it on character consciousness seems like a more useful approach.
@@paulwblair Enough people having race conciousness is a prerequisite for having another racist dystopia.
It’s less a leaking roof and more realising that your entire house that provides you shelter is built out of human bones.
I don't claim to be color-blind, I just don't see race as a defining characteristic when determining someone's value as a person. I would hate to think what that makes me.
Your belief is what i think as the right approach to race question. Accept it. But dont discriminate on ground of race. But dont pretend to be colour blind.
It makes you a critical race theorist
@@zodinthara7925 This. 100%. A barbershop is a good example. Everyone pays the same for a haircut and a trim, everyone is allowed to have one, but different races have different hair textures and styles. You cant cut trim and style an african-american persons hair with the same products and techniques as a white persons hair, they *are different* and need to be approached accordingly, no amount of "color-blindness" will ever change that. But informing yourself about a culture and finding non-discriminitory ways to accept and accommodate for it, can help make life easier for everyone.
I honestly lived my whole live beein colorblind in the meaning that i give a shit what your race is.
I don't care i see you as an individuum.i might be interested in your culture and lifestyle but your origins never account what makes you an individual.
i think this is the most fairest approach out there...everyone i ever talked too agreed and was really happy with the way i treated them.
But now suddenly this type of behaviour is supposed to be racist...and instead we are supposed to be super focussed on race and judge people based on it?
Blacks are always at a disadvantage...whites are always priviledged... come on wtf...you can't be serious about this
this is literally the definition of racism in its true meaning (and not the bullshit one people are trying to make)
@david wilson cool
Dude, I love your videos. No judgements, no biases, only information. I still double check the information you give which I encourage everyone else to do if you truly want to be an individual thinker.
he is definitely biased in his recent elonmusk video. But most of his videos are great
@@morphkogan8627 in what way? Just curious not trying to argue
@MD Every single human being on this planet and outside of it is biased
I agree. The only way to be a true objective thinker is to read up on all sides. I like clear explanations as Ryan did on CRT, and comparative reading of what others claim. CANNOT stand reading material that hurl abusive, judgemental attitudes about an author and their writings, who also offer no logical alternative.
@@user-td1qw7fp1uI agree. That's why when I have a debate with someone, the first thing I do is ask them to steel man my position in the most good faith way as possible and I will do the same for theirs. If you can't accurately convey what the other person is arguing, then you can form good counter arguments.
It’s funny to imagine how Marx would react to “class” being find-replace’d with “race” in his theories.
Heh true. But i think he would agree in someway because he was racist.
Considering how racist and anti-Semitic he was it would indeed be interesting
@@Raptor810Blue he was Jewish. How could he have been anti semitic?
Most people seeing Chapman's videos are thick.
@@vinlondon8904 he was, but I also don’t understand how you don’t know this. He has a whole book dedicated to the “Jewish question” and blames much on Jewish people.
@raptor yes, he did, as a response to his contemporary hegelian friend Bauer, who suggested that in oder for the Jews to have a political emancipation in the prussian Republic, they should, under a secular regime, forget about their religion.
Marx went beyond that and didn't believe that a secular state would be enough to detach the Jews, or any other religious minority from their mindset.
He wanted the state to go further, as an adamant atheist that he was.
That doesn't mean that he was an antisemitic.
In that essay, marx criticised the Christians just as much as the Jews.
His essay had nothing to do with hate.
Only idiots read that essay that way.
Hey Ryan, many thanks for you work. Since a few months I am searching UA-cam in order to unterstand the topics you are working on. Your videos are the best of all: not too long, references are given, not emotions only facts and citations. I am so happy. Thanks Martin
I want critical height theory!! I’ve been vertically challenged all my life and this oppressive hieghtriachry must answer for all the people who are taller than me. I need a short safe space.
I have a dark birthmark on one of my legs. Does that mean I'm 2% oppressed?
i don't if i should be more disappointed by this condescending comment or the people who liked it
You are so lucky, you can by a small house and live like you are in a mansion!
@@MrDeni23n ... and 98% a _'White Supremicist'_
Ignoring your smug fuckery, it's actually an interesting point that rules laws norms and more are always set by first the most powerful and second, the majority. But....keep up the trolling you tool!
Many of these concepts seem abjectly opposed to the entire Bill of Rights.
One of the end goals of CRT supporters in the USA is the destruction of the constitution.
The bill of rights is barely worth the paper it's written on.
@@FatalCharade can you give an example with physical evidence?
@TFU Studios Critical race theorists and black supremacists hate the rule of law, and hate the fact that white wrote the laws and made the principles that started this great country that has more black millionaires than anywhere in the world. Somehow being a white law make equates to society being racist regardless of the laws the support.
@@PolishBehemoth yeah the constitution for one
I am deeply impressed with this video Ryan and have to acknowledge the excellent way you have explained a topic about which, until a few months ago, I had never even heard of. It raises so many issues and questions that it is pointless expressing how I feel about the whole topic but it clearly isn't something to be dismissed lightly and I for one will try to learn more. Again, thank you!
8:55 I think this is a crucial misunderstanding. To be politically motivated in academia does not mean you "slant your academic findings". It means your research project aims at finding knowledge that makes a certain social transformation possible.
So for example, if I am a feminist scholar, I might do research into sexual assault and what can prevent it. My goal with this research is political: I aim to change society such that less sexual assault happens. This does not however mean that I am in any way compromising my academic integrity. The difference is often poorly understood in conservative circles, so it is really worth stressing this.
Makes much more sense
Watch his video on post modernism, he covers how the social justice movement uses social deconstructionism to silence language and studies they deem counter productive to their agenda.
@@megadick6000 I have watched it and I can't find any clear claim of his. It's kindoff nasty how he makes these videos tbh. Making lot's of true statements, and then sprinkling in these wild leaps that are completely unfounded.
I’m a little lost on how he could read the passage he highlighted and make the statement he did.
It’s not a case of happening to not read this specific passage, and missing it. He went to the effort of boxing it in red and holding it up.
But… it doesn’t say a single thing about slanting results or findings. It just says they want to get paid for work that also pursues political goals.
Like choosing to work at a locally owned rather than corporate retail store, or pursue an engineering job in clean energy development rather than oil and gas.
Or, in academia, an epidemiologist might study some source of systemic health inequality like redlining’s generational impact on doctor access rather than taking a position in pharmaco-epi at Merk.
@@noor5x9Well that's kind of what post post-modernists do. Facts to them aren't objective, they're just extensions of social power.
It's neoracism. The rejection of the individual for right think according to your group.
Yeah that’s a bullshit statement
@@loveparkes seems pretty accurate to me
@@Tambaha good thing you’re nobody
Actually it attacks the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of every individual which the communist (Soviets) object to wanting collective human rights, they mean the government says what and which rights, communist herd mentality.
@@toldyouso5588 blah blah blah
Polarization and division is the foundation of CRT
Yep, this all being done on purpose
The Truth must be taught about America's History to All by Scholarly Righteous Individuals Period! America's historical falsehood must end, it remains unfair and unjust to Blacks, Whites and to People of Color.
@@debrawilliams2781 says who?
@Awake420 You're sleeping! What are black people dependent on whites for?
@@debrawilliams2781 yes truth must be taught together with forgiveness, color blinded ness and unity. Perpretrating victimhoodand control must be eradicated as we teach the truth. MLK is a good example . Without this we continue to perpetuate the cycle of oppression and control
There is a certain "Alice in Wonderland " quality to CRT (especially in building the airplane while already flying it, as it were) This is NOT a criticism of you, Ryan Chapman. To the contrary, your approach helped clarify the paradoxical nature of some parts of the theory, such as , if you are not A you are B, but if you are using the language of A, it's because you are oppressed into submission to think like A. (or something like it).The "Alice" quality I refer to is in her conversation with Humpty Dumpty, which goes like this:
-- don't know what you you mean by "glory," "Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled . contemptuously 'of course you don't--till tell you. I meant "there's a nice knock-down argument for you!" '
--'But "glory' doesn't mean "a nice knock-down argument," Alice objected.
--'When I use word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean --neither more nor less.' etc.
Very good video. Please note that the entire world is built on racism, not just the US. I’m British born and bred, and it’s just a lot more subtle. However, it wasn’t subtle when I was a child growing up in the 1970’s.
I’m a left leaning person, and something about CRT would rub me the wrong way, but I was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt since many of the problems they identify are true and need to be solved, however in this video I’ve come to realize I’m whole heartedly in disagreement with their philosophy, and seems like a slippery slope to fascism. Their Utopia sounds like it would be nightmare.
The dictionary definition of racism is the discrimination of another group of people based solely on their recial identity.
CRT is a tool that strives to fight racism by favouring certain groups and discriminating on the basis of their race.
So to fight racial bias we as a society must become racially biased.
Fun stuff.
Good thing you woke up. This is a proper example of woke. Actually realizing the lefts religious obsession with their own extreme political beliefs.
The philosophy is to end institutional bias, I doubt you are against that. I have studied, used, and taught CRT for 30 years and I am completely satisfied with its goals, approach, and integrity. In the 80s I admit I was not happy with its lack of focus, on individual acts of racism and individual racist, but over the years I have come to appreciate the larger impact realized by focusing on institutional bias. This presenters sophmoric "book report" is not CRT. CRT is not Marxism or Post Modernism or any other fancy 'ism', it is simply a framework for ferreting out institutional bias; anything to the contrary is counterfeit.
@@mackmckinney5206 No, that a a persuasion that you use to justify using it. Just like a mormon would claim that they are for using the bible to justify their beliefs, when its clearly something else.
@@TimberWulfIsHere no, it is not a persuasion, your claIIm is just your excuse for justifying your antagonism. I feel absolutely no need to persuade doubters like you.
How can ANYONE think “yeah, that sounds like a great idea!”!?!?!?!
Nobody actually does thing this is a "great idea" it is a marxist plot to destroy America as so many other plots, and there are people who hate "white" people so much that they will destroy themselves in the process of destroying us. Logic never comes into the discussion.
@@hardmoneysolutions I agree with your comment except that I think there are people who actually think this a good idea. Many of them white. You can’t fix stupid.
@@hardmoneysolutions Ah yes, trying to destroy America! Making up scenarios in your head and then using them in an argument is a bit much,
If you end up thinking that after watching a video about a widely accepted theory, you know you didn't watch an objective video, no matter how hard they try and dupe you into thinking it is objective.
@@Schmitty34 not really, if you study history at all, the fingerprints of marxist destruction are all over CRT. And, this theory is not all that complicated, in fact it is quite simple and easy to understand, even for someone like you who obviously knows very little about history. When people are given something they did not earn, it severely impacts their psyche and sense of worth becomes over blown. The next step is to destroy things. Children do this, and adults who have been given power they did not earn do this. But to explain in detail to a closed minded person would be impossible and would take a very long time, and you would not listen or read it anyway, so be comfortable with your shallow understanding of this topic and have a good day.
Thank you for creating and posting this video. I’ve heard the term bandied about by politicians (mostly MAGA Republicans) but until now didn’t know the philosophy or ideas behind CRT.
At first I was thinking, “sounds reasonable”, but then it seems CRT went off the rails as theory proponents attacked logic and rational thinking in favor of grievance politics.
Pretty much my thought process too and when they discard neutrality and objectivity they undermine their own position because they are basically just left with their feelings. This may sound like an unfair characterization but if you listen to the critical race theorists themselves you will hear about the emphasis they put on "lived experience" and since we aren't allowed to be objective we have to accept their lived experience as whatever they say it is.
Jeez.. so Marxism leading to race-nationalism aimed predominantly at the youth in order to create something akin to a new world order?
Where have we heard that before?
It's called cultural Marxism.
So many things to say. I think it would benefit your audience to make another video describing the links between neo-Marxism and CRT. As a mixed race individual (half-white) I have been put in the unfortunate position of being both oppressor and oppressed. I believe the underlying assumption is that I drop my white identity in favor of my other in order to define myself through this system. And there are more and more people like me - mixed race and dealing with the implications that entails. I would suggest that we of mixed race experience yet even more/different problems than those of single race backgrounds, and CRT has not attempted to address this in a significant way.
I will be showing my hand a bit here by saying - how you can discuss this with a straight face is impressive. I think you did your due diligence by explaining that CRT has provided no substantial answer to the problem, just that the problem exists. But I think you down-played the focus that is made on black vs. white dynamics and that the latino, asian and other communities are just kind of along for the ride. A good amount of focus is made on slavery; other immigrant issues are not as strongly addressed.
And lastly - how dare you use a piece of music by black artists to bookend your video! racist . Ah, I love identity politics!
I don't particularly have strong feelings one way or the other. But this theory seems to be more divisive than anything else. America is a diverse nation, and if academics or politicians seek to tap into people's evolutionary tribal instincts to gain votes it seems detrimental to the modern concept of America itself.
America wasn't that divers intill the change in the immigration act in 1965, the same people behind its change are the same people who own the media and who created critical theory and critical race theory.
Why is it divisive? What is the thing that it teaches that is divisive?
@@fatlacesthedon Because it will look at two different races and attribute all failures or successes to race instead of the individuals personal actions. There has been a historical disadvantage for specifically African Americans, but this is a childish worldview in my opinion that will only get all groups pissed off at each other. Equality of opportunity is different than equality of outcome. That being said politicians should do a better job of advocating policies that benefit the working class regardless of race.
@@yeetpenguin4517 it teaches people that they were able to succeed despite "being born not to succeed?" I'm talking about the numerous people of color that are successes, they hear CRT and say "well see, that's why I didn't fail, they told me the system was against me." That's what you think?
I feel as though you have no idea what critical race theory is, and it's kinda weird you feel like blacks need a college course to tell them this country once saw them as property... Like have you heard of the mini series "Roots?"
@@fatlacesthedon We are chimps. We hear "Muh tribes food", "Muh tribes women", etc and we turn our brains off and get angry at each other. Occasionally you will get some long drawn out academic argument that connects dots to justify this tribalism, but that is all that this is, tribalism. If we want to actually solve the problem in the modern era we should be talking about class, not race. We are too easily controlled when we are segmented and this is why these identity politics are endorsed by elites.
I feel like it becomes a bit difficult to take this theory seriously when it starts off by rejecting the notion of objectivity and not being biased.
Like, those aren't somehow specifically white aspects of academia, that's just academia, period. The standards of objectivity are there because academia stops delivering when you throw those notions our the window.
It's like saying "I want to revolutionize the world of boat building and I shall start by refuting the notion that boats ought to be vessels built to be able to cross large bodies of water. Instead, I want to promote a stationary vessel that is meant to be submerged deep under water." Congratulations, you just invented the diving bell, but that's simply not a boat.
Subjective writing with deliberate, political goals does exist, of course. But that falls under either activism or philosophy.
Another big issue is in redefining terms that are conmonly associated with something else.
If you are calling a person who never harboured any ill intent or prejudice towards others over their ethnicity racist for going about their life, then you are gonna lose most people.
If you call Morgan Freeman a white person for thriving within the system and advocating for colour blindness, people are gonna call you crazy.
I'm not one of those nutters who think CRT is somehow a threat to the national integrity of the United States, but it does have an air of echo chamber self-gratification. Which isn't surprising, considering all academic standards where explicitly thrown overboard right at the start for being too white.
I don't view CRT as a milestone in social progress if this is how they think.
The hysteria around CRT has only exposed how far-right talking points have become mainstream. Student-Graduates and officer-cadets have been reading about CRT for decades, and no one noticed. The alt-right use the same tactics that were used to discredit and distort the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Panthers.
"I'm not one of those nutters who think CRT is somehow a threat to the national integrity of the United States, but it does have an air of echo chamber self-gratification."
Oh, is it a nation destroyer? I don't know, but it certainly is quite divisive... which per definition works against national integrity.
"If you are calling a person who never harboured any ill intent or prejudice towards others over their ethnicity racist for going about their life, then you are gonna lose most people." That's not what CRT does. Why do you even think that?
@@rixille Watch the video for yourself.
Took me FOREVER to find a video that didn’t have their bias through the explanation. This is gold. I need to understand this theory as I’m in the teaching profession. I don’t know how I feel about it because I didn’t fully understand it. This helps so much. Thank you
CRT at its core is about bringing superior people down to the level of lesser people. Basic communism 101. "And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw."
Every explanation has bias, including this one. That makes this guy’s videos dangerous. They masquerade as lacking bias even though they are biased. I don’t trust people who lie to themselves, and this guy is lying to you and others about his biases.
@@icedirt9658 look I didn’t say HE wasn’t bias…we all are to our own opinion on things. I said his explanation of what CRT is about was not bias. He also had sources. So you don’t need to trust him necessarily but if you need some information (like I did) this was a good video where clear bias wasn’t through the video as well as extreme emotion because of the topic. It was refreshing
@@icedirt9658 youre smart and intuitive enough to know all of that but still need someone to tell you what crt is?
I hear you, but this guy definitely has a bias. Everybody does and it's essentially impossible to escape. Don't mistake fair, for impartial or unbiased. A good video, no doubt, but certainly his opinion is heard.
Watched the video a few times and I’m now reading “Critical Race Theory the key writings….”
Page xvii of the Introduction, last paragraph
“… the genesis of critical race theory. Organized by a collection of neo Marxist intellectuals, former new leftists activists…”
I'm seeing so many logical fallacies and problems with CRT just from this video alone.
No doubt. I’m going to investigate who these racial theorists are. Because this sure seems political to me.
@Freddie Jones He actually wasn’t wrong at all. He may have been quite crass and unnecessarily aggressive in terms of his response, but what he said was indeed factual. CRT is very much rooted in Marxist thought(though it replaces class with racial identity) in that it views everything through the dynamics of power and believes that all societal issues and conflicts involving people can all easily be broken down into those who are either the oppressed or the oppressor. Another very influential figure for critical race theorists was a man named Herbert Marcuse and in particular his 1965 essay entitled ‘Repressive Tolerance’.
@Freddie Jones So what if Wikipedia doesn't link CRT with Marxism? The policies that CRT pushers want enacted are Marxist.
@Freddie Jones says "it doesn't say crt has anything to do with marxism in Wikipedia."
Oh..... Wikipedia 'Critical race theory" second paragraph it says: 'CRT is grounded in *critical theory[8]* and draws from thinkers such as Antonio Gramsci"
References [8] Crenshaw, Kimberlé; Gotanda, Neil; Peller, Gary; Thomas, Kendall, eds. (1995). Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings that Formed the Movement. New York: The New Press. ISBN 978-1565842717.
Wikipedia " *Critical Theory* " second paragraph: "In sociology and political philosophy, "Critical Theory" means the Western-*Marxist* philosophy of the Frankfurt School, developed in Germany in the 1930s and drawing on the ideas of Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud... Modern critical theory has also been influenced by György Lukács and Antonio Gramsci,"
Who are Lukács and Gramsci? Hungarian and Italian *Marxists* !!! ;^D
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Gramsci
The phrasing of "inauthentic" really reminds me of when I was in middle school and other kids would call me an Oreo for reading books. I'm really glad to see that that childish way of thinking is still alive and well in academia.
Great video.
You sound like an Oreo tbh
Did white kids or black kids call you that?
@@ReginaApple007 Both.
It's funny to see what they considered "white", completely arbitrary.
@@ReginaApple007 I‘m almost certain it was the black kids. ‚Oreo‘ is an insult black people use against those they deem to be cultural race traitors. Makes little sense for a white person to use that word, unless they‘re so far down the self-hatred rabbithole that they enforce racial orthodoxies on other races‘ behalf.
There are some very strange similarities to fascism, at least in their methodologies.
The way they play fast and loose with the definition of "white" and "black", and the fact they advocate for nationalism, bears much more resemblance to Fascism than any kind of Marxism. The fact that one can be "white" or "black" depending on their loyalty to the cause is striking to me.
They seem to also advocate for some kind of political authoritarianism, almost bordering on totalitarianism with the language they use.
Race is used to make an "in-group" and "out-group". Like 100 years ago Irish people weren't considered "white" in america because the majority didn't want to be associated with them. When you think about CRT with this in mind it makes more sense. (I'm not a CRT pro so what I'm saying probably isn't 100% accurate)
What? addressing systematic racism and trying to fix it is similar to fascism. You need your head read. lol
@@darrenwithers3628Okay NPC. Because it's not like CRT is creating a bundle out of non-white people to cry over how "victimized" they are, like a certain Austrian painter did, in regards to German people being oppressed by "International Groups". Oh wait, he did.
Your double standards are glaring, you need to accept that CRT is made-up garbage, and perhaps it is YOU whoneed to let go of your "head read" lmao
I've spent the last several years deliberately avoiding almost any media consumption of controversial contemporary topics. With the exception of a few obscure professors (e.g., Great Lectures), it consists of cheerleading, loaded words, projection of personal values, unwanted assumptions, or some other insulting delivery.
I have just finished consuming several of your videos. The topics are not only interesting, but for pretty much everyone, they are impossible to discuss dispassionately. But somehow not for you.
It is as though you are wise enough to know how your personal ideology might unexpectedly seep out to those sensitive to it, and crafty enough to completely avoid it. It seems to defy your youth. I have no idea of your political ideology, and I couldn't be more impressed!
Please keep up the good work. Your intellectual curiosity, and your ability to respectfully share your journey with others will, I suspect, serve you well in your long future.
Thanks.
Whew 😬 this is why homeschooling is important.
That's not the answer. Not everyone can home school and not all teachers are teaching this stuff.
Absolutely
@@BethBurns68 you make it work. It takes an army of people but you make it work. It is worth it for our children.
Sure, so your parents can fill your head with their ignorance, lies and misinformation. Great idea!
Parents aren't always the best teachers.
people need to be critical about critical race theory. this whole thing makes my brain dysfunctionally crippled.
That speaks volumes about you. Maybe you ought to involve yourself with less profound things that don't dysfunctionally cripple your brain. Thinking isn't for everyone.
@@Glicksman1 Not being a douche isn't either. Move on, wokie.
@@Glicksman1 that speaks volume about you. thinking is for everyone.
@@annisafebriyanti693 Well, since you don't seem to do it, I guess you're wrong. Everyone ought to think, but clearly, not everyone does.
@@Glicksman1 well, since my brain has become dysfunctionally crippled in order to make sense, i guess you're right 'thinking isn't for everyone'. everyone ought to think, but clearly, not everyone does.
Ryan,
This is an impressive and excellent presentation of a dense topic. Using well chosen words and a calm collected style you are able to cover so much in just a few minutes.
Thank you for making this video! I appreciated your objective and reasonable analysis and explanation. Before long I had heard enough for me to determine my own opinion on CRT after a long time of putting off looking it up (much in part because, like you said, the vast majority of people who talk about CRT actually know nothing about it or are unable to hold back their own bias), but I watched the video fully and am adding a comment with the hope this may boost the video in the algorithm. Thank you!
What I hear is a lot of circular reasoning in CRT.
In another word, sophistry.
It's all circular.
@@Sally_Joe how?
Wow came here to learn more and now I’m against critical race theory, anything that tells you not to approach academia in a neutral or balanced view is not worth being taught.
I came here because everyone who agrees with this always describes it in ridiculously vague terms. Now I see why. It's literally just a new form of racism trying to weasel it's way into our schools and government.
Nope, you both missed the thing. There is no "don't approach academia in a neutral or balanced view" - the point is that we don't and can't. That's not a thing in reach for any individual. CRT is saying "don't treat academia that way because it isn't." The academia we have is largely white-biased academia.
The difference is that, in being aware of this, you can actually run closer to true neutrality. That is the aim, not the other way around.
As for CRT being vague, well... it's a philosophical framework. The un-vague specifics will come from those using CRT to observe, critique and correct our institutions. Most theory comes off this way, vague to those who aren't using it and haven't yet seen specific prescriptions birthed from the theory.
I'm totally lost on how you get to "a new form of racism trying to weasel...", you're saying "acknowledging that racism exists is its own form of racism"? CRT is literally "racism does exist, let's pay attention to it and try to counterbalance its effects." How is that racist? Is there some specific line that you're seeing as racist?
I think CRT defense for this approach is that it believes race should be a higher level concept before institutions. Therefore it supersedes the structure of academia, academia when under its current umbrella.
@@realJimMarshall it is not racism but a set of lense to better identify racism and to its benefit it offers some possible resolution to the problem that we all know or don't know that we face.
@@jacobunderwood4957 I disagree with your assessment. And so does the creator of this video apparently. No one would argue that racism doesn't exist. No one would argue that we shouldn't point out racism where it exists. At least, no one that isn't actually racist. The issue people have with CRT goes way beyond what you describe here. Vague terms. No actually successful application. No long term outlook. Changing the definition of racism to fit a political agenda. The idea that people are trying to teach our children to always view others through a racial lens. The proposal of re-segregation. The list goes on. You are being intellectually dishonest by boiling CRT down to 'we're just trying to help'. I believe that some people do just want to help. But there are a whole lot of people who just want to see the world burn. A lot of what I mentioned, any normal person would view as 'racist'. Especially because we'd be using the traditional definition of 'racism'. Not the version of racism that was created to push an ideological slant.
For some reason you went at the beginning of the video directly from discourse to values. But this course has its own meaning and role in these issues aside from values. The way questions are framed, for example, and the question of who gets to participate in the discourse and why.
These are the same people who say people are racist yet they want to base their whole ideology on the race of the individuals?? Its madness.
We do not like racism!
How do we fight racism then?
By dividing people into races?
Well, well well... if it isn't the consequences of my own actions.
The solution to alleged racial discrimination, is open racial discrimination!
What happened at the tower of Babylon again????
@@baronvonbeandip But Covid Kill Cats
No more travel
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But People are already divided into races…. That’s why they’re called races lol Ignoring race isn’t the solution
They're cherry picking Malcolm Xs work too. He changed his stances radically towards the end of his life.
He did and that's when people wanted him killed.
@@hithere748 Yeah he changed his mind, but that just means, according to CRT, that he became a White Supremacist.
The only stance that changed was that all white people aren't evil. He never changed his views on America's treatment of blacks or reparations. But I guess people are going to attempt to revise his views the way they revise MLK's.
@@Cagon415 I think MLK was a bit more focused on class
According to CRT MLK was wrong when he said to judge a man by the content of his character not by the color of his skin. In CRT we only judge a man by the color of his skin.
I can watch this and read along with wiki and it says the same things. I don't get how you get "debunkers". You're so good at this, unbiased and very generous even. I'm learning a lot just from your style.
Not any more. The wiki page removed any negative criticism and feels like propaganda.
Wildly useful summary - thank you for putting this together in such an academic, succinct way
Theories that label facts a "myth" are suspect.
Especially when they can't empirically define what that myth is. Can a myth within a myth be factual?
@@andrewjaman4697 Facts aren't subjective. No matter how much the left wants them to be - they aren't. Facts are real. They cant be changed. And they don't care how you feel about that.
Suspect? Sus? Sussy?
@@andrewjaman4697 It's a myth to think myths are factual. A myth by definition is mythical. Don't fall into thinking a myth is not a myth if its mythical origins were not entirely based on myth. Hope that entirely clears things up.
@@secondarycontainment4727 Facts are statistical and not truisms. The only facts are tautological or deductive from definition. Russell's paradox, Godel's incompleteness theorem, Turing's halting problem with regards to superdeterminism.
Remember the foundations of empiricism, phenomenology and epistemology.
But, outside of that, yeah, postmodernism is trash. Rejection of rationale and empiricism in favor of subjective experiential "reality" is a monumental regression and, if left unchecked, will be the downfall of humanity.
Ryan is literally the only human I trust to accurately cover these topics.
Thank you.
sounds like you could benefit from learning some more critical thinking and learning about different perspectives
@@OleSandberg gee, thanks
I get it :) I've heard frustrating inconsistencies regarding this subject.
You have chosen...poorly.
I understand what you mean.
Thanks! Very good explanation. Informative and to the point.
Every now and then your feed hands you a gem. I fell asleep with my phone playing videos and woke up 6 hours later to this. What a great explanation delivered in a considered, factual and kind manner.
The major flaw in this theory is the simple fact that "I" am not "my body". Everything about this theory assumes that if "I" have a body that a culture and value set and thus a way of thinking automatically comes along with my body.
Is it was it is
The theory is about law and institutions of government not the individual
@@Baman21 I agree that a lack of indiviuality is the weak point of this system. The strength of a system is in how well it scales. A system such as a form of government should exist to be of benefit to the individual and not just a system to benefit the system. Without benefit to the foundation of a system a system will fall apart under it's own complexity. As we are collections of individuals the systems we create should benifit indiviuality this in turn can create individuals who can create systems that are of greater benefit and becomes a positive feedback loop. The system in the video ignores the basic of indiviuality and skips directly to group this ignores the foundation of what a group exists for in the first place. It is a *great* system if you are an individual who wishes to control groups. I can see great benefit in that.
How did you get that out of this video? If it were all about the body CRT wouldn't mention integration because it wouldn't be possible
The worst part IMO is that it says it's against racsim, but it's fundamentally racist.
I really appreciate how calm you are while laying this stuff out. It's hard to process these perspectives without feeling a little emotional for anyone who also cares about reality and isn't naturally wired to be so focused on race.
Right!?
I consider myself a very self aware person, however I can't help but get my blood pressure up when ever ithis sort of thing comes up in conversation!
Same - I appreicate his rational approach to this subject without resorting to rhetoric that often makes things more divisive.
Caring about Reality claim + having Selective amnesia = delusional
Are you Kenyan or Tanzanian?
@@dextermorgan7441 No... but I am Black and from Detroit so what's your point in asking where am from?
Dear Ryan, your analysis of CRT is neutral, objective and balanced. In other words, it is the exact thing that CRT aims to suppress.
Which demonstrates the futility of CRT . It’s all BS . It’s all collective nonsense. And it’s funny the CRT is based on philosophies of - white people .
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CRT: Capitalist ideology
Ryan: "CRT is Marxist"
@@Conserpov How is CRT capitalist?
@@L-8
"How are Blackrock, Soros, media corporations Capitalist?"
Go outside and touch grass.
@@Conserpov I'm not sure what you're getting at. If you're going to bother writing empty comments and responding to questions without actually answering them, perhaps you should "go outside and touch grass."
I read an article a couple of decades ago about how communism was able to take over nations. They basically argued what you were mentioning about Marxism and the idea of two camps. The oppressed and the oppressors. That was the main type of division they tried to create.
But they had a hard time getting a foothold in the United States because we had such a huge middle class. So they came up with an idea that reached fruition in the 60s for instead of basing it on income, they base it on race.
And here we are.
I expected this to be an apologetic for crt, instead it was quite honest. CRT cannot withstand an honest examination so I hope this video goes viral.
Agree. But it will not because it doesn't work with the fast-food narrative "white supremacy, every white person is racist, every non-white person is a victim".
@@UnifyCarmel you're right. unfortunately.
Google owns UA-cam and like every other Fortune 500 company they are pushing the same geopolitical (globalist) narrative. What they promote strikes me as an awkward marriage between Neo Marxism and Fascism. No doubt their "ML Fairness" algorithms are effective at impeding relevant information from reaching the masses. Besides, how many people really care about the world around them enough to investigate political philosophy.
Sounds like you're strongly in favor of CRT being taught in schools
@@Theyungcity23 not sure how you got that from my comment.
Western politicians and intellectuals are like: if there is no problem in the society then create one.
But there is problems in society...it's pretty clear
@@rickiex I mostly disagree with R MEDHI, and mostly agree with you. There is a problem, and it wasnt created, it is race and mainly with whites relating to blacks, speaking from experience. Where i agree with R MED, in a sense, is it shouldn't be handled with critical race theory or with white supremacy. Both will create a catastrophe. So, since problem is already supposedly handled, therefore there is no problem needs fixing. Unless, like R MED said, the mostly white politicians and intellectuals, think problem can not handled with current measures.
The civil rights legal reforms, the present method, i agree with. The problem i have with civil right movement, not the legal reforms it caused, is its lead that racism is only an intellectual delusion and under no condition, race should matter. I disagree with that. It should matter when it should, and its not, only, an intellectual delusion. It is instinctual and, in the past it was added on by ideologies proven false, or, the racism was instilled in others when it was unnecessary or wrong.
Legal reforms, race must not matter, i agree with. In job, law, governance and marriage. I also agree it must not matter in partner or friend selection. Forcefully, when necessary, i mean, by social pressure, not law, violence, loosing work, or denied any legal opportunity and expression. But at the present only.
The civil rights method, is not a pro-minority method. It is a pro-native method. I agree with crit race theory on that. However, it is peaceful, with maximum fairness, and at present i feel it is more appropriate. It is pro-native, so unwanted minorities numbers supposed to decrease eventually, but not forcefully in any way, to a comfortable, and a balanced level for all.
My opinions.
@@Capeau That is true too.
Its funny i remember reading somewhere that the decline of Ming Empire was a period of a lot of unemployed & angry intellectuals
James Lindsay does a great job explaining CRT.
"A Summary of Neo-Marxism"
*youtu(DOT)be/hkMiV-F4rKY*
"The Truth About Critical Methods"
*youtu(DOT)be/rSHL-rSMIro*
"Why Critical Race Theory Is Un-American"
*youtu(DOT)be/iKKdpUvmtg4*
Clearly UA-cam/ Google doesn't want the public to know what James Lindsay has to say on CRT as they censor/ delete my comment when I add his video links.
"What is needed is a revolutionary change. And that revolution cannot be bloodless, because those in power do not relinquish power. Power is taken from them."
You sound like an insurrectionist
Let me start by saying two things: 1. Thank you for the work you put in on this essay. You clearly have done your due dilligence, and you have certainly educated me on a topic I knew very little about. And 2. You were very wise to site the sources that you pulled from in researching for this essay, and thereby distancing yourself from their....(ahem...let's call them) 'theories'. That being said, my only response to what CRT seems to me to be, must be paraphrased from the great philosopher Adam Sandler, "What they just said was one of the most insanely idiodic things I have ever heard. At no point in their rambling, incoherant theory were they even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone on youtube is now dumber for having listened to it. I award them no points, and may god have mercy on their souls."
I don't know. Some of it was good. Some of it was radical. I see it like many other political and philosophical theories. It can make you think and question. But I think the application of any part of this theory still needs debate. Growing up all I heard about in history was very white national western theories. This is always a direct contrast to that. I think learning this is college can really spark some debate.
Where is the Sandler quote from?
@@johnandert1611 Billy Madison, I believe...
@@epsensei Thank you!
This was amazing. You have encapsulated CRT in a 20 minute video without strawmanning, and with crediting original sources. ALL parents and teachers must watch this.
And you know, people in general. You sound a bit like you only care to indoctrinate children with that attitude of yours.
Interesting that you would mention 'straw manning', since that is exactly what the presenter did; he imagined all of these boogiemen, such as critical theory, marxism, modernism, post modernism then slayed them as his critique; CRT is none of those things, it just identifies disparity and remediates it.
Parents and teachers don't need to watch this as Critical Race Theory only exists in a advanced academic sense. Children are not exposed to most lofty academic debates, instead they are either not taught about race at all or instead are introduced to basic racial concepts and race history which is not them having anything to do with CRT.
Teachers do not teach CRT. They teach Math, LA, History/SS and Science and how to be a good person and be kind to others.
@@mackmckinney5206 thinks CRT just materialized out of thin air.
Hitler would be very proud of CRT
Shows that you know nothing about Hitler. So shut up until you have something to say, that does not include swastikas.
Fascists love dividing the masses.
@@alaricrex7395 well I’m Jewish soooo…
@@alaricrex7395 Such aggressiveness in that gaslighting.
@@Brandwein42 Gaslighting, huh? .... lol don't worry, they already removed my comment, the communist bastards.
I've been going down this Marxist rabbit hole. Insane that it is right in my face when I thought we were passed all this. Only they can fix the problems that don't really exist.
I like your profile pic.
Thanks.@@josiahallenswife6899
I have not read nor perused any of the books mentioned, but it seems to me that a very important matter was omitted from the video: systemic racism in our economy.
It is undeniable among honest people that America has a history of profound racism, from slavery through segregation and encompassing many of the laws that have buttressed the contemporary economy. And an intended result of it all is that Whites benefited and Blacks suffered economically.
It is also undeniable among honest people that economic status in America is to a very broad degree something inherited, where the status and sometimes the wealth of one generation is conferred largely intact to their descendants.
In combination, these two things have very efficiently made Blacks generally worse off economically than Whites to the present day.
The efforts to address this -- almost singularly affirmative action policies -- have realistically, in my opinion, been little more than a band-aid over a pulsing arterial puncture.
This renders notions that "color blindness" is the appropriate policy to follow today little more than a cruel joke.
And -- I don't know if this is addressed in any of the books referenced in the video -- a direct and obvious way to address this is reparations for the damages of racism.
“There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.”
― George Orwell
Jesus christ man
Exactly
Ah yes. One of my top 10 socialists
@@justjd5011 I'm a fan of Einstein as well. His book "Ideas and Opinions" was a full-throated argument for socialism.
I believe that would be "argument from authority."
And as with any use of a logical fallacy, you are now disqualified from this debate.
"Weak minds use other people's words"
-- Mark Twain 🙄
Props to this guy for sacrificing so many of his neurons swimming through this sea of intellectual bullshit to deliver us this comprehensive and politically neutral video! A sincere thank you, my man!
I couldn't have said it better!
This is the correct answer!
Yes!
Hard for me to call it intellectual when "neutral, objective and balanced" are essentially replaced with subjective bogus like storytelling.
@@patham9 you mean the books he's describing? I said "intellectual bullshit" though.
This was a truly outstanding video. I hate that I had to scroll through several other videos after searching for "Critical Race Theory Explained" before I found this. It should be the first result.
Very interesting, thank you very much for this summary! After watching this I‘m alerted by CRT‘s beliefs. Declaring objectivity as racism and favoring subjectivity makes every objection invalid, because then you have no objective ground on which you can exchange ideas. While it’s very fascinating how seemingly non-racist differences in black and white relate to racism, it’s foolish to deny that there are other factors involved. This makes this world view so limited, because e.g. classist, sexist etc. reasons are subsumed under racism, which helps no one.
So based on the principle of subjectivity, favoring exclusive race groups and their narrow view on the world that attributes everything to racism, I wouldn’t bother with such people and reject their ideologie.
That’s how mao “re-educated” thousands of academics and intellectuals
If I had just walked in on someone watching the whole "race-consciousness" segment, I'd literally think this guy was talking about the Nazis.
Yes first thing I thought, being “race conscious” is a term I’ve heard neo nazis use
Thats because critical race theory is just national socialism for black people.
It's sad when people say "well this here is OBVIOUSLY bullshit. Of COURSE we see through this propaganda!" ....aaaand then just equate it all to nazis, as if their beliefs were remotely alike. "CRT is just national socialism for black people!" Holy braincells. If you think that knowing that you are a folk and that it is in your own self interest to defend yourselves EQUALS inventing 'race conscious' politi-speak in order to invent reasons to hate White people for everything... then maybe *you're* the indoctrinated one.
@@Red_Devil_2011 its useless , its worthless , it was created by marxists ; that says it all ! its not about knowledge , its about idiocy and malevolence , but i guess you're too " enlightened " to see that.
@@Red_Devil_2011 marxists aren't the only imbeciles in the world. the ' nation of islam ' " believe a black scientist 6500 yrs. ago created white people . and the precursors of the nazis in the early20th century believed a white scientist 10, 000 yrs ago created non whites. crt is just an other marxist angle on how civilization is totally corrupted and only intellectuals of "knowledge and wisdom " lol, can come up with something better. btw the u.s didn't invent slavery nor the reality that sometimes minorities don't feel totally comfortable because they're a minority.some people arent uncomfortable about it. some individuals are whiners some aint. the whiners and fools are fodder for the propagandists and revolutionaries( yeah the commies are fuc#n with your heads)!!
The Third Reich did this in their school’s “Eugenics” class. Kind of a scary thought.
How? I understood that CRT wants racial consciousness, but "third reich" wanted exactly the opposite.
@@rain-er6537 Dude, the third reich was all about race. Meaning they put race over everything. So they were very very aware of race. duh
@@berserk9085 crt wants racial diversity and hates white majority, how is that somwthing reich wanted?
@@DrumL3000 that's what I meant simpleton.
@@rain-er6537 they both have the same obsession with race.
Originally Marxism was about the class struggle. Now it's the race struggle but same modus operandi.
"We are not waging war against individual persons. We are exterminating the bourgeoisie as a class. During the investigation, do not look for evidence that the accused acted in deed or word against Soviet power. The first questions that you ought to put are: To what class does he belong? What is his origin? What is his education or profession? And it is these questions that ought to determine the fate of the accused. In this lies the significance and essence of the Red Terror."
Martin Latsis, chief of the Ukrainian Cheka, in the newspaper 'Krasny Terror' ('Red Terror', No. 1, Kazan, 1 November 1918
Genuinely, you're the first and only one I've seen who understood and knew of the connection between the North American CRT and the Frankfurt School, although you didn't name it that. Essentially Critical Theory is the method of the Frankfurt School, as the Scientific Method is the method of Science. To put it in a very brief way: The Frankfurt School (I'm referrencing Horkenheimer specifically, though this applies to the Frankfurt School in general) is against logical empiricism and sees itself as a direct competitor to science. Areo Magazine has an amazing article called "How Critical Theory came to be skeptical of Science". There is a lot of revisionism going on with regards to the Frankfurt School, which you managed to weed out. Great video, by far the best breakdown I have seen in the political sphere, not just online.
As a black woman with no kids in the school system I’ve never bothered to read about this theory thanks so so much for making your video about it non intimidating I thought it was going to be heavy on academics I could easily share this in a non political group of I belong in
it has a lot to do with every aspect of American society and American culture. WE don't have any example of any other culture anywhere on the planet. It's all been tainted by Americanism. Africans are also Americanized. We just don't know it because we are led to believe that whitepeople only went to Africa to get slaves, and left the rest of the people alone... The genocide of the American Native, is the same genocide that Africa, Austrailia, India, Mexico, Canada, South America have been distracted from by DEMOCRACY, JOBS, MONEY, ECONOMY which are Americanised racist principle systems which we are born into... "born into a world of sin" Funny how Democracy and Christianity are all over the world. Funny how a jealous god messes up the idea that people could actually love one another.
@@jonchristian5069 this theory will not bring about any love.
Don't share it. It's wrong. It's a non-expert attempting to communicate a set of theories he doesn't understand. CRT is an area of theory that deals with the question of why de facto (in real life) racism persists even after the law and the civil rights movement took deliberate steps to end it. That's it. It's seminars and roundtables at annual professional meetings (like the American Political Science Association annual meeting). It's papers in professional journals. It's coffee talks and brown bag lunches. It's not a high-school class on slavery or an exercise in essay-writing in a Civil War history class. It's not telling third-graders about the genocide of Natives, or giving kindergarteners a coloring page about Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks during Black History month.
The fact that people (especially Republicans) won't even try to comprehend what CRT is and prefer to use its name to make people afraid of things it actually is not just betrays how ignorant this whole societal "debate" really is. If someone tells you something is "CRT" and you should fear it, you can bet it isn't and they have another agenda.
@@kerryjacoby9438 How is it wrong? He cites directly from many sources that those on both the left and right invoke?
@@andrewokr16 citing sources out of context is not the way to interpret complex jurisprudential theory. If you do not read all of it, you can't understand any of it.
The short version is basically: Judge people by their skin and ancestry, and not by their own character and choices.
It's a book for a new, sexy version of racism.
WHAT AN AGE WE LIVE IN!
No it means racism has played a roll in the system of America
@@kimmmimemwest1895 and its next step is to then be racist to fight past racism. Genius.
@@LeftIsFascist no the next step is to acknowledge the past mistake...
@@kimmmimemwest1895 what does acknowledging the past do? If you live today then you share no responsibility for what happened hundreds of years ago. A man cant be tried in court for a murder his great grandfather performed. It keeps people in a looking backwards mentality instead of looking forward. Telling someone they CANT succeed bc of their skin color is a good way to ruin someone.
@@LeftIsFascist to make sure it don't happen again.. pretty simple...
Does anyone know what the art style used in the thumbnail is called?
This was a wonderful overview. Thank you so very much. It helps me.
this is all i can really afford to give you but this is awesome what you’re doing and i hope you get to continue making these videos. they’re so well put together and researched and i thoroughly enjoy watching them. keep it up!
This dude's calm and reasoned explanation of critical race theory is more horrifying than all of the dramatic descriptions of it. This will seriously rip our society apart if we let it take hold. 😬
That's kind of the point, right? How else would you describe "deconstructing the status quo?"
You hit the nail right on the head.
@@NathanWhitcomb Agreed. At the top of the pyramid, it's hard to see why anyone would want to so radically change the system. But if you glance downward...
@@LeviDanielBarnes The resentment for that 1 percent at the "top of the pyramid" can lead to EVERYONE being at the bottom when it falls. Thats what Marxism/communism does. Every time. Dividing by race instead of class isnt going to make it different here.
I dont think he is advocating for CRT in this video, he's just giving a straightforward description of what it is.
Thanks for the review of CRT. I have a more rounded view now. Good job. I understand CRT but I don't critically believe in it. I do believe it is a good subject on the collegiate level.
neutral, clear and balanced, such a refreshing and enlightening voice in an emotionally charged and extremely divided world. Thank you !
Wait ... neutral, clear, and balanced that sounds like it's in direct opposition to CRT... but yeah, so is reason and I'm on the side of reason
how does one measure racial inequalities without using objective methods (e.g., stats)?
It's all about the feels and talking "your truth".
Personal anecdotes of the oppressed
@@louiscyfear878 by definition, not an objective method
You must be white
@@canajamsful actually, no....I just like clear thinking....guess that is not to your taste :) nia:wen :)
Critical theorists: “objectivity bad”
Also critical theorists: “well, you see by these objective statistical measures, there are differences between groups, so therefore racism”
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They view objectivity in a metaphysical sense to be bad. They utilize objectively held standards or norms as methodologically useful since they are derivative and developed by society - hence not a metaphysical objectivity.
the racism from statistical disadvantages came from prior actions of discrimination... did u even watch the video or did u come to the comments to talk non sense
"Objectivity is whitism". Seems like a slap in the face to non-whites, but maybe the neo-marxists are right? IDK, but it even makes me more proud to be white!🤣
Need to get punch a critical racist trending
Yeah, not like they think that because of past racism, current day systems that where created during slavery, segregation, and the civil rights movement could be designed to oppress people of all races therefore creating the "differences in groups" lmao nah
Blood and soil is what I am hearing to a certain degree. I definitely don't think subjective and political is the way to go. Thanks for the great explanation.
Yes but your bias will hinder you, will it not? Humans are generally allergic to being corrected. Can you really finish the CRT Video of 'Some More News' and 'Noah Samsen' respectively?
This is the best explanation of Critical Race Theory that I could find on the internet, thank you for your work and the time you put in!
@@stuartkeithguitars4251 the guy literally gave a critical analysis of what the theory is, based on what proponents of it have written about it. He highlighted what he was quoting from the books themselves. He also makes the point that we can decide for ourselves what we think about the theory. A person could watch this video and leave it feeling positive or negative about the theory. It is really based on outlook.
This kind of explanation was what I was expecting too
Sent it to my school board members
A big thank you from Germany for this enlightened explanation!
It leaves alot out and seems to normalize these ideas it quotes German philosophers that wrote their books during nazi Germany but ya that's who we should listen to
This video is what real teaching should look like, but that’s just my opinion. I believe Teaching lays out the information, and lets you decide for yourself what you learned…with no inflections as to what the teacher thinks you should believe,. Lay out the facts, lay out the evidence, let you take in the information, make your own conclusions, decide how you want to interpret it, go out in the world and try out the way you understood it in your own way, and decide if it’s working for you or not.
If it isn’t, you still have all of the information the teacher laid out, maybe your personal interpretation needs adjusting, so try again because you have the information (thanks to a great teacher) you just personally interpreted it in a way that didn’t work in your reality.
yeah but according to this, CRT doesn't want to be objective, because that's white supremacy. they want to be subjective, and just tell you what they feel. and where you should stand on things.
so yeah, I agree with you.
Same with journalism
@@GM-qi8pw I think they are projecting there own racism on others
@@user-ec2sh7dq2e 100%
This crap is fine to teach in theory. But when acted out it has terrible outcomes. Also should never be taught in public schools to children, who have no grasp of theoretic claimst
I’m a close follower of New Discourses (James Lindsay) and find great value in his work. But if it was my goal to introduce these concepts and their origins to the uninitiated, I’ve found Lindsay’s material deep enough to drown in. And that’s no good.
Your video is exceptional in that regard. Thank you for this!
I can only agree, thanks for breaking the theory down to a digestible size, was very helpful!
Now I know that these people are seriously damaged if they truly think abandoning reason on purpose makes anything better. Also it seems entirely unlogic that looking through a „race-conscious“ lens (meaning ALL you see all day is race issues) is doing anything constructive but is rather fueling divisiveness. It’s a worn out statement but it’s true: all you put your energy on, will only INCREASE eventually. If you ever thought of buying a certain type of car, you will start to see that car everywhere, just because of your focus. Focusing on inequality all the time will let you see even inequality where actually there is NONE. Also heard from that elevator „incident“ described in the book. Where every normal person would think „nah this person had a bad day“ they think immediately the behaviour of that other person comes from a place of racism. This is nuts. Now I know that CRT is basically a scam to trick people into victimhood.
This primer moved me from being tentatively pro-CRT to being quite strongly against it. I'll have to do more reading but if this video is a fair presentation of the ideas, my problems with CRT go beyond just what I was exposed to by reading Robin DiAngelo and having conversations with left-leaning people.
I still think the way conservative pundits talk about CRT is worryingly inaccurate, but when you cut through the noise and focus on the real thing there's a lot more credence to the idea that CRT is racist than I realised.
I think the conservative pundits focus too much on the fact that it's being implemented by left-wing people rather than the ideas of CRT itself and explain the problems within CRT.
What I believe to be the grain of truth in CRT is the fact the culture of minorities are reduced and disappear because of the influence of the majority. It's really made me think more about whether integration is completely good because some aspects of Native American culture have been completely lost due to the Europeans dominating America.
But on the other hand, I believe in liberal democracy and it's better to live under that then a tribal society. So I guess that puts me at odds with CRT advocates because liberal democracy should technically be a white supremacist ideology because it was conceived by white people.
@@yoshimitsu8922 you were coolin until about that last sentence. Since when does CRT argue that philosophies conceptualized by white supremacists make those inherently white supremacist ideologies?
There is the case that America was founded on white supremacist principals, but those principals are not static and have evolved along with the rest of the world.
I’m having a hard time figuring out how you would reach that conclusion without inputting some of your own biases into the equation.
A reply to someone else that may have value to you as someone who has studied critical theory for a very short time.
"I understand critical race theory's rejection of objectivity and non-bias to be more a questioning of if objectivity and non-bias is even possible, which is an unresolved philosophical debate. CRT falls on the side of the debate that objectivity is impossible. Given this, what is considered "objective" is influenced by the subjective.
If you're worried about academia as a whole, critical theorists would be excited! Academia is built on an approximation to "objectivity" that works well enough, but it's an "objectivity" that is created by academics. That's well and good for things like the physical world, because that's consistently experienced (and thus consistent subjectively), but not so much for the social world, as that's inconsistently experienced by different people (for a wide range of reasons, race being one)."
@@breakingboundaries3950 Because that's the logical conclusion of critical race theory? There is an oppressor race and an oppressed race, and everything created by the oppressor race is inherently evil and should be rejected?
@@sholiss3228 Okay that is helpful to know. I still think you can make objective assumptions about the social world. For example, every single society has created laws and every society that abandons their religion immediately either dies or is absorbed by another society.
Ahhh yes… race decided questions in our regular day lives. Doesn’t CRT ring a bell, don’t call it critical race theory, just call it racism
I cannot agree more
James Lindsay does a great job explaining CRT.
"A Summary of Neo-Marxism"
*youtu(DOT)be/hkMiV-F4rKY*
"The Truth About Critical Methods"
*youtu(DOT)be/rSHL-rSMIro*
"Why Critical Race Theory Is Un-American"
*youtu(DOT)be/iKKdpUvmtg4*
Clearly UA-cam/ Google doesn't want the public to know what James Lindsay has to say on CRT as they censor/ delete my comment when I add his video links.
Neo-racism
One could say it's a form of black privilege that they can get away with this shit... jk I don't talk like that because I'm not a crt racist.
Or victimization.... A headache.... Digging for shit
*The comments are all congratulatory but none of the commenters mentions what they think of CRT now that they supposedly understand it.* As someone who's ready to throw most of CRT in the bin, it kinda scares me what are people taking away from this.
CRT is garbage and unconstitutional. Racial awareness is to be acknowledged in every scenario, except for crime reports
I agree with the first half here….too many congratulatory comments and not enough expression of where they sit in the dialogue. I personally I’m 100% for CRT and it’s a real red flag for me when individuals take issue with it.
@@Sam-ni7id Red flags you realize are used by the matador to gain the attention of the bull so he can stab it to death?
There is no solution to racism. All humans exhibit racism
CRT actually stands for creating racism thoroughly!
James Lindsay also does great in depth videos.
"A Summary of Neo-Marxism"
*youtu(DOT)be/hkMiV-F4rKY*
"The Truth About Critical Methods"
*youtu(DOT)be/rSHL-rSMIro*
"Why Critical Race Theory Is Un-American"
*youtu(DOT)be/iKKdpUvmtg4*
Clearly UA-cam/ Google doesn't want the public to know what James Lindsay has to say on CRT as they censor/ delete my comment when I add his video links.
@Yokai 369 I really think they are. No joke. My phone has been making random beeping sounds that I have never heard before.
cathode ray tube🥶
Racism has already been thoroughly created. To think otherwise is tone deaf at best.
U.S. History teaches us this. Or did you forget about Black Codes, Jim Crow Laws, the destruction of every Black city in America (over 160), and the war on drugs...which is admittedly a war on Black people and anti-war activists. That was an admission from the Nixon administration.
But you feel free to keep on thinking that teaching about our racist history is causing racism.
@@williesawyerii73 I didn't forget but this "education" promotes victimhood with racist ideologies and it is stuck on past history failing to recognize progress and what can we do to move forward today
This is a great, clear and honest video. Thank you so much! I want to share some of my thoughts on CRT.
Thing that annoys me the most in this theory is this denialism of almost any empathy towards people from another racial background. There are some things that may be useful in this CRT perpsective (to be honest, very few in my opinion), but the idea that strikes me the most is this concept of "black experience", "black voices", "white experience", "whiteness" etc. Now, I know that I can't fully understand other people's emotions or experience, but I can use empathy to get as close to it as I can. I'm not a woman, but I can uderstand some things that are specific to women and I can feel sympathy, solidarity, even if I am a man. The same with race, orientation etc. We have empathy and reason - very strong and great tools to interact with others.
CRT is removing the possibility of understanding one another on this basic, human level. As a white person I can never understant black experience, I can only listen and agree, never question.
This idea is really damaging in my opinion it's like we're almost different species that cannot understand each other. And I believe that most people share the same common needs. We want to be loved, feel safe, have a meaning in our lives etc. Even if we are totally different, have different experience, history, knowledge, whatever, there's still so many that we have in common. When you remove this, by suggesting that we can't possibly understand one another, can't feel empathy, it's a recipe for disaster. And at the end of this road you have ideas like: science and logic are white tools of opression and stories, rituals, magic or something are other ways of knowing that belongs to people of colour. It's absolutely racist and stereotyping, but somehow it's called anti-racist now. And yes, these are the fruits of the CRT, even though we hear everytime that it's not a real CRT, no one is saying this etc... I mean, most people are not that stupid. These are natural conclusions of CRT. And we should be able to say it out loud.
I do agree but with your peoples track record, constant denial on top of it being someone that looks like me who dies when you are in a position of authority. Not individually but as a whole. Attacked our industries and now tell us we are lazy. I think CRT would help poc to not fall in the traps and to not expect equal treatment when it comes to interactions with your people. We are different but you won't back away enough to see it. What are you afraid of?
@CharlieWalter the video talked about deconstruction of inherently racist systems not deconstructing relationship between individuals. African Americans will tell you the worst thing to happen to us since slavery was government forced integration. We had our communities and economic system, but the 🇺🇸 took it from us and for what...the majority of our communities are underfunded and undereducated. When we were left alone our contributions to science, medicine, entertainment, and manufacturing built not only this country but shaped the world. I guess the powers that be understood this and kept us within this White power construct.
I think it's helpful to view CRT like rational people view religion. Harmful if taken to it's extremes, but helpful in giving some form of insight into aspects of the human condition. It's like how Abrahamic religions view the problem of evil as sin, CRT views the problem of inequality in society as racism. Sin is not only viewed as specific actions but as part of the fabric of human nature. Racism is viewed not only as specific actions but also as an element of our society. It's the age old "Problem, here's a solution" setup. Balance is the key, getting too deep into CRT will inevitably produce blindspots in your thinking but when looked at as just one option of analysis in a wide intellectual toolkit, it can be helpful.
Can I tell my story about my first encounter with a black on the playground when I was 5? We were on the see-saw and the next second I was laying on the ground out of breath because the thug got off the see-saw when I was on top.
You’ve gained a new subscriber ! This is the second video I’ve seen of yours and you’ve won yourself a new subscriber. Great work presenting facts and information in the most unbiased way you can… very white of you to be so objective ;p kidding ❤