Posted on 07/11/2021 8:16:42 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
We’re at war over Critical Race Theory.
That seems a reasonable conclusion, as forces presently fight for and against the ideology.
While legislatures move to ban CRT, academia and industry are increasingly embracing it (see “College President Claims ‘Critical Race Theory Is the New Communism,’ Means It as a Compliment“)
Such is certainly the case at Columbia University, where the school’s president finds the doctrine not only alright, but “necessary.”
And not only that, but “urgent.”
For a July 1st CRT article, Columbia News interviewed law school instructors, as well as the college’s Big Cheese, Lee C. Bollinger.
President Lee was clear:
“Critical Race Theory and the essential scholarship it has advanced may challenge many long-held views, but that is what makes this work so urgent and necessary.”
He’s swollen with pride because the school’s…critical:
“I could not be more proud that it is taking place at Columbia. This is, after all, what makes universities such vital institutions in society.”
Regardless, the battle extends beyond whether CRT should be taught; there exists a degree of argument over what it even is.
To glimpse effective educational application within the CRT sphere, consider concepts Washington D.C.’s proposed ban would cancel in classrooms:
- An individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex
- One race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex.
- An individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously.
- Members of one race or sex cannot and should not attempt to treat others without respect to race or sex.
- An individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of his or her race or sex.
- The United States is fundamentally racist or sexist.
- An individual’s moral character is necessarily determined by his or her race or sex.
- Meritocracy or traits such as a hard work ethic are racist or sexist, or were created by a particular race to oppress another.
The Columbian News headline promises a definition, too: “What Is Critical Race Theory, and Why Is Everyone Talking About It?“
Here’s what it offers:
Although the scholarship differs in emphasis and discipline, it is united by an interest in understanding and rectifying the ways in which a regime of white supremacy and its subordination of people of color in America has had an impact on the relationship between social structure and professed ideals such as “the rule of law” and “equal protection.”
Put simply, according to [Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw], Critical Race Theory is a way to talk openly about how America’s history has had an effect on our society and institutions today.
Kimberlé’s made the news before; she helped produce the following video illustrating the black experience in America: :
Does that seem roughly right?
For Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s part, he’s reportedly compared CRT to the KKK, calling related curriculum “every bit as racist.”
“Critical Race Theory says every white person is a racist.”
But — as stated by Columbia News — such campaigns “are not just based on ignorance of how Critical Race Theory developed and is now applied, but also represent an attempt to stoke a reactionary resistance, rather than a broader understanding.”
The outlet goes on to assert thusly:
[CRT] is united by an interest in understanding and rectifying the ways in which a regime of white supremacy and its subordination of people of color in America has had an impact on the relationship between social structure and professed ideals such as “the rule of law” and “equal protection.”
However you want to characterize that, it’s alive and well at New York’s famed Ivy League University.
And according to the college’s head honcho, students should be taught it pronto.
Columbia is the worst of the leftist puppy mills.
Didn’t Columbia give a Degree to 0B0z0?
‘nuff said.
This is it guys - the communist revolution is in full swing.
The issue is never the issue.
The revolution is the issue.
RE: The average salary of the twelve geography majors at North Carolina was 5 million dollars.
Well, NBA Superstar, Michael Jordan was a geography major at North Carolina. The money he made makes 5 million dollars look like chump change.
Affirmative-action goes hand-in-hand with the dumbing-down of America.
And we have a long way to go to peak dumbing-down.
Idiocracy is not just a Movie...
The primary urgency is to shut down Columbia.
It has no legitimacy.
Poison Ivy Colleges do not educate America’s young people. They indoctrinate youth. CRT is a Marxist strategy that psychologically damage adults & children. It creates feelings of self hate. The “oppressor race” is pushed towards a false sense of guilt & hate for oneself, and the “oppressed race” is pushed towards a false sense of victimization & hate for others. It is very evil.
Virtue signaling is hard.
Really? Does not seem credible.
Puppy Mills is an apt description of many Top Ten schools.
Many of their ‘graduates’ are poorly trainned or trained in harmful ways. Much of their output has been fed toxic, long expired products and they are now filled with parasitic modes of thinking.
We are headed to the equivalent of the Cultural Revolution in China. You better all be standing up to this or it won’t be pretty.
This is a good watch by Paul Joseph Watson.
Bollinger has always been a quishy ‘weak sister’ and a fool. When the chickenshit administration let SDS, led by Mark Rudd and other communists, takeover buildings in 1968, they opened the door to a massive Marxist influx of teachers and students that has never abated.
A once great school became “Marxism Central” for NYC, followed by CUNY, NYU,BPT, etc.
An idea so stupid, only an intellectual would believe it. — G. Orwell
Well the average for geography majors in 1984 was 5 million. This average was affected by Michael Jordan whose salary buoyed the others.
Ah! You meant NBA players with a geography degree. That is more like it.
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