A college student takes on the tyranny of 'anti-racism' on campus

American Thinker ^ | 18 May, 2022 | J.B. Cohle

[MtnClimber]

"Anti-racism" is a totalitarian religion dressed up in noble language.

It is not uncommon in today's racially saturated political climate for a student of higher education to receive a handful of emails from their university's president or provost with a reminder that it is no longer satisfactory to unostentatiously declare yourself "not racist." Instead, you must "do the work" (as Karl Marx would say) and be a fervent "anti-racist."

Students with little or zero understanding of their university leaders' unadulterated ignorance, or a calculated warped propaganda campaign (which is more likely the case), would be forgiven for taking the term "anti-racist" at face value, believing that being an anti-racist is a sign of good faith and a much-needed practice for the betterment of society. In fact, anti-racism does not merely mean "against racism," but instead reflects the core pillars of Critical Race Theory (CRT). Many students blindly follow their university commissars, who are intent on grooming the next generation of revolutionary Marxists.

Often by design, anti-racism is one of the most poorly misunderstood words in the English language. By acting on their new phrase, Marxist institutions were able to redefine America's commonly held premise that "racism" is a form of prejudice that derives from either hatred or ignorance toward another individual or group. However, within the ivory towers of America's elite institutions, Ibram X. Kendi's gospel reigns supreme as students are disciplined to believe that the prevailing definition of racism is outdated, fundamentally flawed, and even racist itself. In fact, claiming you are "not racist" is a form of denial, commonly referred to as the "heartbeat of racism."

In Kendi's words: (below)

[MtnClimber]

In Kendi's words:

The opposite of "racist" isn't "not-racist." It is "anti-racist." What's the difference? One endorses either the idea of a racial hierarchy as a racist, or racial equality as an anti-racist. One either believes problems are rooted in groups of people, as a racist, or locates the roots of problems in power and policies, as an anti-racist. One either allows racial inequities to persevere, as a racist, or confronts racial inequities, as an anti-racist. There is no in between safe space of "not racist." The claim of "not racist" neutrality is a mask for racism.

[MtnClimber]

[wny]

I recently had to listen to some woketard prattling on about “racism”, “institutional racism” & “we all have implicit racial bias”....

when i could get a word in I asked a few questions:

-define racism and explain how it applies to this situation...

-to what institution are you referring? please provide specific examples of this ‘institutional racism’...

-what race(s) are you biased against and why?.....

she melted like ice cream on a Phoenix sidewalk...

[Leaning Right]

> it is no longer satisfactory to unostentatiously declare yourself "not racist." Instead, you must "do the work" ... <

Yep. And here’s something else along those lines. An insidious new declaration by the radical Left is “silence is violence”. Not only can you not oppose their agenda, you cannot even remain on the sidelines. Your silence is a provocation that must be dealt with.

Side note: The phrase “silence is violence” was once used honorably, to convince folks to speak up about domestic violence. But like everything else they touch, the Left took the phrase and corrupted it.

[dljordan]

Just grab him by the ear.

[Anti-Bubba182]

It’s bad enough that a college education is generally useless and overpriced, now that education in many places is absolutely poisonous!