GIGObuster:
When passing misguided resolutions to prohibit the use or teaching of CRT they do it with a very similar reason: to tell researchers not to look to help minorities, and to specially tell minorities who are researchers to not even attempt to free their minds. It is important to notice that because it is the caricature of CRT the one that they are attempting to ban in academia, their efforts are then not targeting CRT really, but any other research that gets closer into investigating racial injustice.
Now this is an interesting point that I don’t think I’ve seen addressed. Trump had an EO ‘banning CRT’ and some states are trying to prevent it being taught in public schools, but none of these things ban CRT by name, instead they ban teaching ideas like:
(1) one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex; (2) the United States is fundamentally racist or sexist; (3) an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously; (4) an individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of his or her race or sex; (5) members of one race or sex cannot and should not attempt to treat others without respect to race or sex; (6) an individual’s moral character is necessarily determined by his or her race or sex; (7) an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex; (8) any individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race or sex; or (9) meritocracy or traits such as a hard work ethic are racist or sexist, or were created by a particular race to oppress another race.
(From Trump’s EO).
Does banning teaching these in effect ban teaching CRT or not? Are some of these concepts important/necessary parts of it?