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In response to "Private school in Columbus expels kids whose parents are "concerned" about CRT. -- (link)" by TWuG

So can someone dumb it down for me? Are the parents the racists or is the school teaching racist stuff? -- nm

Posted by sycor Jul 9 '21, 08:35

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IMO people who object to CRT either want to believe that systemic racism isn't a problem, and that it isn't a significant part of US history, or they're racist. Or they've parroting what they hear on Fox News. -- nm* - mara Jul 9, 08:41 4
- From my quick search about CRT (not really familiar with it) it sounds like you are probably right. -- nm - sycor Jul 9, 08:44 2
  - Here's an excellent introduction you can read for free in Google Books. Just read 12 pages from chapter one. -- (link) - mara Jul 9, 08:47 1 1
    - Can't right now on the work computer, but I'll save the post to read later. Thanks! -- nm - sycor Jul 9, 08:50
- A circle. You've just described a Venn circle. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 9, 08:43
Parents are racist, complaining that the school is using an anti-racist curriculum informed by critical race theory. -- (edited) - znufrii Jul 9, 08:39 7
- That's what I thought. I guess I don't really understand critical race theory. By the title it sounds like something that would racist. - sycor Jul 9, 08:42 6
  - It’s an academic construct that holds that an understanding of the history of race is critical to understanding our current society in every sense. - znufrii Jul 9, 08:45 5
    - Yeah, people need to come up with better names for things. - sycor Jul 9, 08:48 4
      - You’re smart enough to ask questions, and that’s the important thing. -- nm - znufrii Jul 9, 08:49
      - It's an academic term that wasn't meant to be used among the norms. -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 08:49 2
        
        Which means it's perfect for scaremongering -- nm - Beryllium Jul 9, 08:59 1
        
        ... fear mongering. Whatever. I'm still half asleep. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 9, 09:00
the school said that one or both of the parents were on conservative shows promoting violence against the school and made up fake events. - tRuMaN Jul 9, 08:39
Parents are pissed the school is teaching the kids things that conflict with the parents’ belief of what is racist (but isn’t). -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 9, 08:38

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