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You might& #39;ve seen a good deal of outraged right-wing bloviating about "critical race theory" lately. So what *is* critical race theory, actually?

Here& #39;s a very brief breakdown of how to understand "CRT," what it is, and why it actually makes a ton of sense. #ncpol

This is taken from @Transliberalism& #39;s excellent breakdown, which you can read in full below.

"Critical race theory has no canonical definition. However, most critical race theorists share a few themes in common..."
https://transliberalism.substack.com/p/critical-race-theory-a-brief-introduction">https://transliberalism.substack.com/p/critica... #ncpol

Critical Race Theory: A Brief Introduction

A few months back, I began hearing about a new threat to Western civilization and America: critical race theory. Unfortunately, everybody who was saying this was near the bottom of the list of people...

https://transliberalism.substack.com/p/critical-race-theory-a-brief-introduction

"(1) A viewpoint that racism is not an aberration, but is the typical way society works; the view that white people as a class benefit from racism, and so there is a major force disincentivizing them, the dominant racial class, from ending institutional racism." #ncpol

"(2) the view that race is a socially constructed series of relations, not a natural biological fact; (3) focus on differential racialization, how races are differentiated from each other and from themselves over time; (4) interest in anti-essentialism & intersectionality" #ncpol

"(5) the belief that, in general, racial minorities are more competent to speak about racism than white people, again in general."

That& #39;s pretty much it. Race is a social construct and systemic racism exists. CRT is about dealing with those obvious, basic facts of life. #ncpol

Right-wingers make up a lot of nonsense about CRT not only because they don& #39;t understand it (and don& #39;t bother to try), but also because their latent racial resentment make them defensive about the entire enterprise of grappling with racism itself. #ncpol

The problem with a lot of critical race theory discussion is that it& #39;s extremely academic and theoretical. When talking about it with normal people, don& #39;t make them read a PhD thesis. Meet them where they are. It& #39;s just about understanding and dismantling racism. #ncpol

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