Don’t like to quote tweet the president, but feels like a good moment to say I am a proud student & teacher of Critical Race Theory. Spartacus style,

I am Kimberlé Crenshaw ( @sandylocks)

I am Gary Peller

I am Kendall Thomas

I am Neil Gotanda

I am Cornel West https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1302212909808971776
I first learned of CRT from Kendall Thomas. We sang in the Jerriese Johnson East Village Gospel Choir & went to Middle Collegiate Church together. Prof. Thomas & CRT changed my life. CRT helped me see the how to combine reading law with the liberation power of the Gospel.
The “big red book” of CRT changed my life. It taught me how to read anew—how to read law, power, relationships, and history. I began struggling with the big red book in 2013, alongside @thenewjimcrow. My ability to think critically was born again.
Trump has, in a very on the nose Trumpian way, said he doesn’t want ppl thinking critically about race. Like the spawn of Hollywood infotainment & US politics he is, he wants us to turn off our critical faculties. At least we can see how he & @sullydish are on the same page.
Queer theory, feminism, critical (race) theory, Ethnic Studies, disability studies: the ruling class wants to keep an uncritical focus on the usual ppl (white cis/heterosexual men) & structures (militarism & capitalism) & doesn’t want anyone questioning why they’re getting hosed.
It’s a VERY US reaction to conflate indoctrination with teaching ppl to think critically.

And who embodies US ruling elites better than a violently misogynistic,incurious & racist president & an incurious, overpaid, anti-immigrant white immigrant columnist?
A funny irony is that Critical Race Theory does NOT refer to dopey sensitive trainings meant to give cover for racism being expunged. It deals with the DEEP, centuries-long relationship between race, law and power—a relationship which can't be undone in a day-long workshop.
You can follow @thrasherxy.
Tip: mention @twtextapp on a Twitter thread with the keyword “unroll” to get a link to it.

Latest Threads Unrolled: