Critical Race Theory

[Sean Hayden]

"Dying of Brownness" how Arab resentment at losing their place in the world keeps them from embracing enlightenment values.

[Sean Hayden]

Also

You know I'm half white, right?

Whaaaaaa, no way, secret handshake bitch.

[Brian Peacock]

Understanding the Origins of White Denial
Felicia A. Henderson, Zoe Kinias


Even as the existence of systemic racism becomes increasingly apparent, complacency is returning among white people. But research provides tools for reviving white racial consciousness, by remembering and celebrating common humanity.

When asked in a 2015 interview to reflect on race relations in the United States, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg replied: “People who think you could wave a magic wand, and the legacy of the past is over, are blind.” With this short quip, the late beloved Justice hit upon a truth.

The killing of George Floyd at the hands of police touched off a summer of protest and long-overdue attention to systemic racism. As international support for the “Black Lives Matter” movement intensified, protesters in more than 60 countries took to the streets to proclaim their opposition to systemic racism and their solidarity with its sufferers. Tragically, incidents of racist violence and police brutality have continued in the weeks and months following Floyd’s death. In August, police in Kenosha, Wisconsin shot Jacob Blake several times in the back, right in front of his young children, launching a fresh round of passionate protests.

Strangely though, as the bloody evidence of systemic anti-Black racism piles up, white Americans appear less, rather than more, convinced of its existence. Since June, the proportion of white Americans who acknowledge racism as a major problem has slid from 45 percent to 33 percent, according to YouGov/The Economist surveys. In addition, white Americans’ unfavourable views of police and acceptance of the significance of specifically anti-Black racism are also trending down to levels from before the Black Lives Matter resurgence.

Although poignantly relevant in the current context, the phenomenon of white denial is not new; it has been noted in earlier research. The question is: Why should it matter to those of us working towards DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) goals? After all, in preparation for racial equity work, DEI practitioners rightly focus on the marginalisation and micro-aggressions regularly endured by Black people both living in America and working in global business. Centering and supporting these individuals and their voices and experiences is absolutely essential.

White people’s over-representation in leadership means, however, that their buy-in is crucial to the success of DEI efforts. We wrongly assume that all well-meaning people will be onboard (or quickly get onboard) once they know the ugly truth of systemic racism. Unfortunately, this assumption ignores research indicating that even well-meaning white people can be incapable of recognising racism – and therefore engaging in anti-racist work – when two conditions are present: an inaccurate understanding of history and a sense of identity threat.

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A 2012 paper in Psychological Science[1] finds supporting evidence for the “Marley hypothesis” (so named for its resonance with the lyrics of Bob Marley’s song “Buffalo Soldier”), which associates denial of present-day racism with ignorance about the historical record. The researchers administered to a racially mixed group of undergraduates three surveys: on Black history, on their propensity to perceive racism in the world around them and on the relevance of racial identity to their self-esteem. There were strong correlations between the results of the first and second surveys. Participants who identified as European American were not only far less knowledgeable than African-Americans about Black history, but also perceived much lower levels of racism. The European Americans’ lack of historical knowledge statistically predicted their lower recognition of racism in the modern context.

The blindness of dominant groups to the discrimination around them is a reflection of the power of perspective to shape a person’s sense of reality. The obvious consciousness-raising remedy is to encourage or even require that white people learn about the history of racism. Once that has been accomplished, there is room to go further still, the researchers suggest. They write that “experience of collective identity both reflects and promotes particular representations of history”, i.e. one’s sense of racial identity may carry within it a slanted historical interpretation. This distortion of history is apparent in the resistance to educational initiatives such as The New York Times’ 1619 Project, culminating in the creation of a “patriotic education commission”, whose purpose seems to be to prevent the teaching in US schools of facts about the history of racism. Along with exposure to accurate information, which can best be gleaned from diverse scholars, white people should be encouraged to explore what “whiteness” really means and has meant throughout history.

Moreover, research points to inflexible social environments influencing racial attitudes as people move from place to place over time. It is, therefore, imperative to combine individual approaches, in which white people are given the tools to educate themselves, with systemic approaches to anti-Black racism. We must all strive to acknowledge history, recognise the ugly truth of the status quo and work together to dismantle racist systems...

https://knowledge.insead.edu/blog/insea ... nial-15281

[rainbow]

Race is a Social Construct, therefore "White" people don't exist.

Those that believe that skin tone and nose shape are important in how they treat fellow humans should be put against the wall and shot.

That's my Theory

Any objections?

[Brian Peacock]

CRT is premised on 'race' as a social contruct, one expressed through other social constructs such as the law, politics, social and political institutions, the economy, notions of community and identity, etc. Definitions of 'race' as a descriptor that necessarily distinguishes between particular types or kinds of people may be arbitrary and hollow, but socially constructed notions of race and racial identy still have a lot of social, political, economic, and legal force - as demonstrated by the massive BLM protests last year, or the Right's obsession with resisting any possibility that progressive ideas around diversity, equality, and inclusion should be a part of a public service like the education system or, heaven forfend, comprise any part of the curriculum.

[Hermit]

--still think this is the right approach Hermit? "Dying of Whiteness".

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I apologize for not giving my responses more time. I'll look into what you asked. But it will be a few days as I'll be traveling.

What approach is the author advocating? Does he address my concern that trying to solve social problems in the US an appeal to a belief in democracy and ensuring abundant participation from all types won't achieve anything when it is addressed to racist fucks like Tucker Carlson? I have explained why it won't in this post. Perhaps you should take a closer look when you return from your travels.

[Sean Hayden]

"Traveling Light" How to leave your whiteness behind and enjoy yourself abroad.

[Woodbutcher]

I've decided to ignore CRT. It seems like a distraction from The Agenda invented by Covid-19 conspirationists so that they can manipulate the public and make us compliant when the reptilian overlords unmask and take over the earth as a food farm and human protein source for their pet worms.

[rainbow]

I've decided to ignore CRT. It seems like a distraction from The Agenda invented by Covid-19 conspirationists so that they can manipulate the public and make us compliant when the reptilian overlords unmask and take over the earth as a food farm and human protein source for their pet worms.

Semiotic ideologies of race create hierarchies that reproduce cultural distinctions.

[Brian Peacock]

I for one think our alien overlords are doing a great job.

[Seabass]

40 Percent of Whites Think Black People Just Need to Try Harder, Poll Finds

This is insane mass delusion. These people have no idea what this country has done to black people. These views affect how people vote. This is why history, warts and all, should be taught in school.

[NineBerry]

40% of non-depressive people think depressive people just need to cheer up.

[JimC]

I bet most of you young folk have absolutely no idea what a Cathode Ray Tube is...

[Woodbutcher]

I remember...

[laklak]

Kids these days. You know what the TV remote control looked like when I was a kid? Me. I was the fucking remote control. "Change it to Channel 3". "OK Dad"