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@9GFXS8W 3yrs3Y
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Critical race theory is something they is very real in our world, the US has always been inherently racist, important to show students of young age how the US acted. The US has always been an oppressive state of colonial power and we still are, noting in the world is going to change if we don't learn from our mistakes that are still happening to this day which they shouldn't be.
@9GG4CV8 3yrs3Y
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@9GGWBL33yrs3Y
The US was not built on racism. It was built by Coloints sure but that was over 200 years ago. We need to calm down and realize that not everything is racist. We shouldn't be raising children to either believe they are horrible because of their skin color or need extra help and assistance because of their skin color. It's wrong. Yes, I feel strongly about this.
@9GG8KR4Republican3yrs3Y
@oceanwaterbella 9mos9MO
Teaching Critical Race Theory in K-12 gives young children a divisive and negative perception about their immutable characteristics. It is immoral to influence our young on ideas that people belonging to one race are oppressors and others are victims. We should rather teach our young children about resilience and how to rise above outward appearances and history and influence acceptance among our children.
@B7F9RB69mos9MO
We should be educating children with facts not by pressing personal opinions on your minds. I think it depends on what age because young kids do not need to know about politics yet, but when they get older if they are presented with info and given the choice to state and make they're own opinion that will create confidence to speak up.
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I agree. While I do believe teaching history is important, and that people should be educated about how certain communities ended up where they currently are, it is immoral to teach these children to value race in any way. CRT teaches that we should judge on race first, and I believe that that is not a moral or correct lens through which people should be viewed. Jobs should hire based on competency, and we should not be teaching “oppressed” and “oppressor” simply because of skin color, because that is a harmful, racist ideology.
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@B7S7RWQ 8mos8MO
If we teach Critical Race Theory, then we are as on now teaching Caucasian children they are guilty of a crime they never committed and that they will further commit it. If we teach children to be color blind there would be no or very little racism
@B7SBLGQIndependent8mos8MO
@B7TVN2C8mos8MO
Kids shouldn't hear about Caucasian people being racists towards other races when they are just kids. They don't even know what the word racist means in 1st grade how are they supposed to learn about it and even be afraid that they are racist. This topic would only be appropriate for teenagers. Scientifically proven, racisms number one cause is being exposed to it by family, friends, or other adults. If schools teach kids that Caucasians are racist they will automatically assume that and Caucasian students at the school will feel guilty over soemthing they never did.
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@B7SDHRV8mos8MO
I agree absolutely. People need to stop playing the victim and understand that life is difficult for everyone. I hate the fact that life is unfair, some people are born into rich families and some are born with nothing. However, I would rather have the opportunity to become wealthy and live a good life under capitalistic society, than to forever be stuck in a world where laziness is rewarded the same as a hard worker(socialism).
@B7S9PR48mos8MO
No we shouldn't be teaching this. First of all, people of many racial back round commit crimes to, so it is not fair to teach that mainly Caucasians are "guilty of a crime." Also, if they have never committed a crime there would be no point in teaching this. Also, the Caucasian children may develop self hate and depression knowing that they are "guilty of crimes." This depression or self-hate might cause psychological issues and perhaps causing the children to actually commit a crime in the future.
@9GR44ZCRepublican 3yrs3Y
I strongly disagree with the Critical Race Theory, because it is turning children against the U.S. and saying that the U.S. is racist.
@9GSZ44P3yrs3Y
I agree with the comment. Its 2023, black and white people are treated the same. Nobody treats black people bad, statistics show black and colored people commit more crimes then white people. So from a police standpoint, of course cops are going to be more concered with colored people. They cause more issues.
“statistics show black and colored people commit more crimes then white people”
I don't even have time to get into everything about this comment, but here is a loose summary: This is (1) incorrect and even if it was correct it would be (2) an oversimplification. Do you mean crime in general? Violent crime? Blue-collar crime? (3) If we are speaking generally, statistics show that white people commit more crimes than people of color (though I'll give it to you that it is only slightly more) mostly because it's a numbers game: white people are the majority. Think about how likely it is that the group representing the majority of the U.S. population (white people) would for some reason be the minorityRead more
@9JJ99LTLibertarian2yrs2Y
@9GR4RN53yrs3Y
I do agree with this statement. I believe a lot of politics/what is being taught in school is dividing the American people. The majority of people (at least the ones I have spoken to) Do not care about critical race theory. All it is doing is dividing our people and causing more issues than there needs to be.
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@B5ZGVNGRepublican 11mos11MO
Learning that whites are inherently racist is actively teaching racism. Learning that your race is "evil" is the same rhetoric that led to our current environment. To avoid this environment we need to properly teach history and not cancel or eliminate it from educational institutions and public spaces.
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@9GW47R7 3yrs3Y
It causes black people to have a victim mentality and puts them in the position everyone is trying to prevent. Everyone should be seen as equal, but when you continue to bring up how different everyone is, it will never go away.
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@9FYS4HXIndependent 3yrs3Y
The Critical Race theory assumes that everyone is inherently racist. We put racism behind us long ago and the people saying that anyone is racist at this point is causing further racism. In our current state, white males are said to be privileged but there are numerous points to prove the opposite and that more opportunities are given to everyone else from all the programs supporting women's, immigrants, racial (Black, Asian, etc.) that white people don't have that at this point, white people are often discriminated against now because of what HALF of the white male population in the USA did Centuries ago.
@9GZPMXS 3yrs3Y
“and the people saying that anyone is racist at this point is causing further racism”
I definitely think people are still racist today and that racism exists. Calling out racism is perfectly acceptable and fine. However, this is not any reason for kids to be taught CRT. No one is inherently racist or inherently disadvantaged because of their race. Saying that is ignorant and causes harm to society by creating further tensions. Calling out individual racist people is fine but calling an entire race of people "racist" is plain idiocy.
I think the biggest reason we should teach critical race theory is a) not everyone is white, and b) critical race theory just means we are teaching history while being critical of it's inherent bias
@9FYS4HXIndependent 3yrs3Y
Bias towards whom? The only Bias would be the people winning the wars vs the people losing them "the winners write history" there isn't bias and at the moment, the history is written as it happened and people have gotten the recognition deserved and rights/amendments have been put in place. Yes we should learn from history, yes we should teach about the slavery, but there's no need to accent it from a "racist" point of view. Our society was built to mesh everyone together and work together but all we're doing is ripping each other apart. By teaching critical… Read more
While it's true that amendments have been made and progress has been achieved, it's important to remember that remnants of past injustices can still have an impact on the present. Critical race theory does not aim to say that all people are racist, but instead it seeks to examine the ways in which systemic racism has shaped and continues to influence societal structures and institutions. For instance, consider the topic of redlining. Though legally abolished, the impact of this discriminatory practice is still visible today in the form of wealth and education gaps. Acknowledging and… Read more
@9H38ZT83yrs3Y
“white people are often discriminated against now because of what HALF of the white male population in the USA did Centuries ago.”
This is rarely ever true. White people aren't facing mass amounts of discrimination and prejudice because of their past. While it is true that discrimination against white people is higher than it was in the past, it is nowhere near a level of actual relevance
@9ZVZVDL2yrs2Y
This really depends on where you live. I lived in a blue state for a couple of years and every now and then had some people who labeled people like me as someone who seemed racist just because I was a straight white male. Now in the red state I live in, there really isn't much racism here when compared to where I once was.
@B7WWTHR 8mos8MO
Race is not a social construct, there is a difference between men and women biologically. That would also apply for race, we shouldn't make our children ashamed of being white, they should be proud. This has no place in our schools and it is time wasted in their education.
@B7Y4BJ3Independent8mos8MO
@B7X5SS48mos8MO
I agree. Race is a difference in people but we shouldn't have to teach young children that they're different just because of their skin color. These children shouldn't have to learn to be ashamed because of their race which is something that they can't control. Teaching this is a way of teaching racism and its a waste of education.
@B7YZBMK8mos8MO
@B7ZP5JQ8mos8MO
I agree with this statement. School is a place of learning. It is to prepare children for life and teach them the concepts of math, reading, etc. The schools do not need to make white children feel as if they have to be ashamed of being white and they also do not need to teach black children or any other races to feel that they are victims or that they have inequalities to white children. We are all human at the end of the day. Nobody is superior to anybody.
@ZandwaalfRepublican 6mos6MO
Children should not be taught that they are automatically disadvantaged by the mere color of their skin. This just contributes to racism and keeps it coming. Not teaching it would teach children that all are equal and that everyone should have a fair chance. As time goes on, we will get more socially and technologically advanced as a nation, and the act of not teaching Critical Race Theory will help us grow as a society, wheras teaching it would only slow us down by referencing the past instead of trying to improve and move forward.
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@B7XT64D 8mos8MO
Critical race theory is a mad duo concept to derive young white kids pride in their skin because of their ancestors. It is created to make white people feel bad about racism and blacks to feel good. It is completely bull **** and should never even have even have been created.
@B7Z2C3R 8mos8MO
This whole comment is very offensive and racist in itself. I believe that people should know the whole truth about our history like if history had no filter. People should feel bad that their ancestors were killers, racist, and bad people. The whole theory shouldn't be built to make one side feel better over another EVER.
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@B79C9Y9Republican 9mos9MO
so you want to teach kids racism? why would anyone want to teach there kid that other peoples skin colors are different your setting ur child up to look at people different.
@B79JHWT9mos9MO
It should be taught in the context of history and natural evolution and a byproduct of Natural Ethnic Feature Favoritism. It is natural for humans to favor their own ethnicity and culture, especially when in the content of the majority or ruling sect of a society. The phenomenon can be found all over the world and in every country. Europeans creating our modern notions of science tried to apply science to NEFF to explain how the world operated and were as result misguided by their lack of knowing.
@B79DR8R9mos9MO
This comment misunderstands critical race theory. First the academic theory that race is a social construct, upon which power structures are built, and that these structures must be dismantled through criticism along racial lines, raises questions about the veracity of its assumptions and the ethics of what this 'dismantling' looks like. Secondly, what people often object to on the grounds that it is 'critical race theory' is actually just just racial hatred and inequity directed primarily whites, but also other racial minorities, with 'blackness' as the new standard.
@B79H33NRepublican9mos9MO
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@9GMWN9B 3yrs3Y
Kids are incredibly influenced by everything and everyone that surrounds them, so if we teach kids of color that everything is stacked against them, they're going to wonder why they even bother trying. Or, they'll develop a subconscious resentment towards white people, and that resentment will only breed more discontent between the races.
I agree, kids that grow up in diverse communities and aren't told to always be aware of another race or that they won't have the same opportunities because of the color of their skin can be detrimental. Children today see that they can succeed if they work hard for the skills and reach their goals. They shouldn't be raised with the mentality of one against the other.
@9GRZPV73yrs3Y
@9GS6P293yrs3Y
I agree one hundred percent. Kids learning these principles will consistently have a victim mentality after learning this and not learn how to deal with hard things in life and when bad things happen to them they will narrow it down to the color of their skin and not their actions and consequences and just the natural bad things that happen in life.
@VulcanMan6 3yrs3Y
@9GS5T9C3yrs3Y
Instead of thinking that the critical race theory will make kids resent white people, people should consider the educational benefits. Critical Race theory will help kids be sympathetic and fair towards all people of different colors, teaching them it's wrong to favor one race over the other.
@9GMWN9B3yrs3Y
I agree kids should learn how to treat everyone fairly regardless of race, but I don't think that should be the school's job to teach them that. That's up to the parents. Unfortunately not everyone is going to learn that and in an already terrible American school education system, I'd rather my kids be taught about arithmetic, reading at a college level, science, etc.
@B7BMMWG 9mos9MO
MLK once said "I have a dream where my children will be judged not for the color of their skin, but for the content of their character". Constantly teaching children about racism and talking about how "The white man is bad" will always make race the forefront of their thinking, which goes against what MLK said.
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@B7CC95S9mos9MO
I agree with this comment because the man who led the push to end racism against African Americans also agrees that nobody should be judged for the color of their skin, including white people. Everyone has changed and evolved over time, and people of today cannot be judged for the actions of yesterday.
@Beau-Robards 8mos8MO
Critical race teaches racism as if all whites are born racist and all blacks are born oppressed kids are not born either of these they are born as people.
@B7ZFHQ28mos8MO
People need to stop living like they are a victim and trying to experience a past event that never happened in their lives and never opressed them. We live in America, where all of us, regardless of race, can do whatever we want if we work hard and put our mind to it, and your skin color is not a factor in how well you do. You need to stop pulling the victim card.
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@B84K534 8mos8MO
I completely agree with this statement. We should live in a society that doesn't differentiate by the color of your skin. The more we talk about race as an issue, the more it gets planted into the minds of people that we are different and that creates division. We are all humans, let's treat each other as such and not differentiate because of how we look.
@9FVH6G7 3yrs3Y
I believe that it is important to educate children about the past. I also feel it is important to learn from the past and move on from it rather than continue to teach children that they are more or less “privileged” based on the color of their skin. I feel that this only perpetuates divisiveness, hate, and racism. We can teach history without using children to further a political agenda which is what this really comes down to.
@9FVHSD53yrs3Y
@9LRWLH7 9mos9MO
Teaching students that they are inherently racist or privileged creates more division within the school community.
@B75ZWV6 9mos9MO
I agree, but attempting to raise student to be racially colorblind cannot be successful because of the existing infrastructure that contains racial biases. The future youth will encounter these biases, so it is better for them to be well-informed of the racial inequalities that plague our nation then face them blindly.
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@B9PQ8K2 5mos5MO
It's not based in fact, it's dishonest, disingenuous and pits children of different races against each other from a young age. They should know the history but shoulder no blame for it
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@UltraCentristGuyConstitution 5mos5MO
@B9T5RC2Independent5mos5MO
I don't agree with critical race theory being taught in k-12. there is little fact based in in critical race theory, and rather than studying the racial influence of the past and examining how that impacted society, it radicalizes each race for the things that they've done bad and creates a divide amongst people.
@9FZBQH2 3yrs3Y
This feeds into the ideology of hatred between many groups of people. People will have more incentive to be divided between themselves. we should all strive to paint a picture of togetherness within the groups of the world.
@9FZDXDD 3yrs3Y
My best counter argument is that kids shouldn't need to deal with that at such a young age. Besides that, if such student is in high school or even middle school, they should be allowed to learn as they deserve
@J0intResolPlatypus3yrs3Y
I agree, dealing with complex issues like critical race theory can be quite challenging for young minds. For instance, imagine a 3rd grader trying to grapple with the nuances of systemic racism or institutional bias, it could potentially create unnecessary confusion and distress. However, as they advance into high school, and their cognitive abilities develop, introducing such topics could foster critical thinking and empathy. How do you think we can ensure a balanced approach in teaching such complex topics to younger students?
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@78Z7FCWIndependent 12mos12MO
CRT is a extremely authoritarian and an offensive collectivist monologue that advocates for the following:
A. Racism is present in all aspects of life, every relationship, and all interactions and therefore you must look for it everywhere.
B. Interest convergence is where white people only give Black people, opportunities and freedoms when it is in their own interest, and therefore any attempt to nullify racism is invalid.
C. To treat race issues as socially constructed groups, so individuality cannot exist.
D. Science, data and evidence is a white way of knowing.
E. Disagreements with anything to do with critical race theory or anti-racism training means you are inherently racist
None of these things are remotely helpful, progressive or a good thing for the world or America.
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@9FVZCST 3yrs3Y
Kids are in school to learn about science, math, US History, have fun electives, and more. They are not there to get told about stereotypes and the critical race theory.
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@BBPH7Y6 4mos4MO
Elementary and middle school students wont understand it as much. Teaching student and kids that the system and world is actively against them can deter them from trying to better their lives and try to get good jobs. This can demotivate them from going out of their confort zone and trying to do well in school and out of school. We should teach the awful history of racism of our country, but we should teach kids not to be racist and try to create a school system where everyone is equal
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