# Another Critical Race Theory thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 4, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-critical-race-theory-thread/941389 "2021-05-04T19:44:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 710
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> [@veggiejuicer](#): > > This said, I’m not sure what dead people have to do with this. If we can make connections between the current state of an opressive system and oppressive people of the past, the composition of the system was probably not truly changed; we probably didn’t replace oppressors. > > To me this is what FilkTheBlue is getting at: replace the oppressors. And if thats the goal, it probably makes sense to pronounce the oppressors as much as possible, and you might ensure that by including only oppressors in the cluster of oppressive people. Hi, veggiejuicer, and welcome! I’m kind of confused by what you wrote, including suspecting some typos. (WHen you talk about the need to “pronounce the oppressors,” I’m genuinely unsure what you meant to type). Overall, though, you seem to be saying that the system is not greater than the individuals who make it up. If that’s what you’re saying, I’ll remind you of [one of the greatest demotivational posters of all time](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0535/6917/products/meetingsdemotivator.jpeg?v=1554328548). People in groups often do dumb things to get along with everyone else in the group. This tendency allows less-than-optimal social structures to continue, because changing them means going against the group’s will. It’s hard, scary work to do that. And people who don’t intend to be oppressors, placed in a position where oppression is the default, will continue with the oppressive social structure, because that’s the easiest thing to do. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-critical-race-theory-thread/941389)._