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Critical Race Theory 'I'm out'
Saturday, December 18, 2021 10:37 AM
THG
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Signym and 6ix could continue this bitter argument on the telephone. A phone call would be quicker and wouldn't pollute this thread about Critical Race Theory.
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Signym and 6ix could continue this bitter argument on the telephone. A phone call would be quicker and wouldn't pollute this thread about Critical Race Theory.
Saturday, December 18, 2021 1:57 PM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Tuesday, December 21, 2021 5:18 AM
JAYNEZTOWN
Thursday, December 23, 2021 1:41 PM
Thursday, December 23, 2021 7:15 PM
1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.
Thursday, December 23, 2021 7:31 PM
Quote: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title9.1/chapter1/section9.1-102/ c. Sensitivity to and awareness of systemic and individual racism, cultural diversity, and the potential for racially biased policing and bias-based profiling as defined in § 52-30.1, which shall include recognizing implicit biases in interacting with persons who have a mental illness, substance use disorder, or developmental or cognitive disability;
Thursday, December 30, 2021 10:01 AM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Thursday, December 30, 2021 10:10 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 1KIKI: So I was looking into the whole "critical race theory" topic. And I have to say it's a bunch of bunk. That's because while the majority of blacks can trace a portion of their US heritage to US slave-times (along with doses of white, indigenous, Asian etc), the vast majority of whites can't. People who can trace their lineage back to the Revolutionary Was (eg DAR) are exceedingly rare. People who can trace their lineage back to slave owners are also exceedingly rare. Most 'whites' in the US have a heritage that's far more recent than slave-times. There have been untold millions on millions of whites who came to the US after slavery was abolished. And the few 'whites' who came to the US before the Civil War didn't benefit from, or own, slaves. For the most part, in whatever era they immigrated to the US, 'white' immigrants were poor, they were discriminated against ("no Irish need apply"), and they were also taken advantage of. They weren't owners or beneficiaries of the slave system.
Friday, December 31, 2021 11:27 PM
JEWELSTAITEFAN
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by 1KIKI: So I was looking into the whole "critical race theory" topic. And I have to say it's a bunch of bunk. That's because while the majority of blacks can trace a portion of their US heritage to US slave-times (along with doses of white, indigenous, Asian etc), the vast majority of whites can't. People who can trace their lineage back to the Revolutionary Was (eg DAR) are exceedingly rare. People who can trace their lineage back to slave owners are also exceedingly rare. Most 'whites' in the US have a heritage that's far more recent than slave-times. There have been untold millions on millions of whites who came to the US after slavery was abolished. And the few 'whites' who came to the US before the Civil War didn't benefit from, or own, slaves. For the most part, in whatever era they immigrated to the US, 'white' immigrants were poor, they were discriminated against ("no Irish need apply"), and they were also taken advantage of. They weren't owners or beneficiaries of the slave system.I've got one living grandma, and her memory seems pretty foggy on the whole thing. To this day, I don't know if her parents came off the boat or not. She'll talk about how she was always worried that her German last name may have been a relation to a prominent Nazi in WWII (and how she got shit in school for her last name), and she'll talk like they left for America during the war time, but that doesn't jibe with her also saying that her parents were here during the Great Depression. Her first husband was out of the picture when my old man was a kid and he died of alcoholism 20 years before I was born. I never even met any of his family. On my mom's side, she has no idea and both of my grandparents are gone. The furthest I ever remember hearing back about them was how they met and how her family disowned her for marrying a poor Polack. I've got no history. I've got no lineage. And if somehow there were people in my bloodline who owned slaves hundreds of years ago? Who gives a shit? I feel no more guilt for that than I would if my Grandmother's fears were correct and we are decedents of a German monster. Why does everybody always want to feel so fucking guilty about everything? Don't you have enough things you've done in your life that you own personally that you regret to feel guilty about without shouldering somebody else's burden? Or maybe that's just it. If you focus on this stuff you don't have to live with your own guilt for the terrible things YOU have done. It's much easier to virtue signal all day on social media about nonsense, rather than face the piece of human trash staring you back in the eyes when you look into a mirror.
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MAGONSDAUGHTER
Wednesday, January 12, 2022 11:52 AM
Wednesday, January 12, 2022 1:55 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Magonsdaughter: i am not sure what the fuss is aboout CRT, only I agree the name aint great. Seems to me a much less controversial stance that history has shaped a society that keeps a lot of people poor and disempowered through systemic policies that, especially in recent times, can are somewhat hard to see unless you deliberately draw focus to them. It is far more scandelous an idea, in my view, that there is a level playing field and everyone has equal opportunity, and African Americans are somehow more stupid and lazy inherentely. The same would apply to Indigenous Americans (and Australians) for that matter. History doesn't just affect the past, it is not something that finishes. We live the results of decisions made centuries ago as much as those made yesterday. Happy New Year all btw
Thursday, January 13, 2022 4:47 PM
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Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Oh, and equal application of the law, regardless of color or wealth. If whites get a "pass" on smoking weed, so should blacks. OTOH, black neighborhoods need to be made safe . Once again, criminality is linked to lack of legitimate oppty. Also,idle hands are the devil's playground. Meaningful jobs would really help so people wouldn't have to resort to dealing drugs etc. Home ownership might help too, since people would benefit from improving their property, and could use some time painting, rehabbing etc.
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SECOND
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: CRT enthusiasts keep saying there is no CRT in our schools. So now why are they whining about the new VA Gov banning CRT from the schools - if it really isn't in schools already?
Saturday, February 12, 2022 9:15 PM
Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Oh, and equal application of the law, regardless of color or wealth. If whites get a "pass" on smoking weed, so should blacks. OTOH, black neighborhoods need to be made safe . Once again, criminality is linked to lack of legitimate oppty. Also,idle hands are the devil's playground. Meaningful jobs would really help so people wouldn't have to resort to dealing drugs etc. Home ownership might help too, since people would benefit from improving their property, and could use some time painting, rehabbing etc. How equal. If blacks get a pass on calling others niggers, do whites get treated the same?
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Saturday, February 19, 2022 8:26 AM
Quote:Brian Echevarria, a father in North Carolina seeking local political office, speaks at his school board meeting about parents taking back control. "I’m biracial. I’m bilingual. I’m multicultural. The fact is in America, in North Carolina, I can do anything I want and I teach that to my children. And the person who tells my little pecan-colored kids that they are somehow oppressed based on the color of their skin would be absolutely wrong and absolutely at war with me. And I think that is the same for every parent. What the masks showed us is that, the parents, the most powerful group of people in our country, that they are taking back the wheel. … We are taking the wheel back from Washington all the way to Raleigh and into our local school board. Because CRT, all of that, the parents don’t want it. It’s a big fat lie. If you believe in CRT I want to tell you that you are a liar. Because that means that you look at your black neighbor and say that they’re oppressed and you look at your white neighbor and say that they are evil regardless of the experience that you’ve had with them. We’re not going to do that."
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