Critical Race Theory: Capitalism, Culture War, and The Censorship of Black History

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In this video, we discuss the Right-Wing’s latest propaganda campaign: Critical Race Theory (CRT) in our schools. While having no factual basis, it has become an essential tool for the mobilization of conservative voters and reactionary sentiment.

This isn’t a CRT explainer video. Rather, we critique both the conservative and liberal discourse surrounding the CRT from a leftist perspective and highlight the real political stakes. We use the CRT culture war as a window into the mechanisms of racism and their entanglements with capitalism. We argue that the Left should go on the offensive in the CRT culture war and advocate for the teaching of critical race theory in schools.

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5 thoughts on “Critical Race Theory: Capitalism, Culture War, and The Censorship of Black History”

  2. If it were history; it would be called history. It would be promoted by historians instead of by political activists. It would be submitted for peer review instead of to legislators.
    CRT is a propaganda tool for a nationwide movement blaming their troubles on an entire race.
    Decades ago it was called sensitivity training.
    Decades before that it was called nazi propaganda.
    Decades before that it was called Marxist Class Warfare.

    The operative question is:
    Do you support using government force to implement racial discrimination?

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  3. The assertion that an entire race is conspiring to oppress and subjugate the victim class is right out of the nazi playbook.
    The assertion that history is being suppressed is thoroughly debunked by the fact that the history in question is common knowledge, and always has been.
    "More important, as critical race theorists we adopt a stance that PRESUMES that racism has contributed to ALL contemporary manifestations of group advantage and disadvantage along RACIAL lines, including differences in income, imprisonment,health, housing, education, political representation, and military service. Our history calls for this PRESUMPTION."
    "Words That Wound: Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech, and the First Amendment"
    by Matsuda, Lawrence III, Delgado, and KIMBERLE' WILLIAMS CRENSHAW
    Those are their words from their intellectual papers: It is the entire foundation of the premise.
    CRT promotes the notion that the fact that a group is measurably superior is proof that everybody in that group is guilty; and, that a group being inferior is proof that everybody in that group is a victim.
    Further: this principle projects through time; asserting that what happened to the long dead projects onto the guilt or victimhood of the living; even if the living never experienced it at all………..
    CRT uses history and statistics to justify using government force to implement racial discrimination.
    CRT obviates the need for any thought, word or act of racism as proof of their presumed verdict. All they need is their preferred race measuring less favorably than another. Regardless of the cause: they declare their favored race to be victims of the other.
    Then they would use real government enforced discrimination in response to their presumed discrimination; altering laws, policies and practices to favor their preferred race.
    All for the stated purpose of forcibly making the measurements between races identical.

    The operative question is whether you support using government force to implement racial discrimination.
    All the rest is academic.

    My answer is no.

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