Looking Closer at Critical (and Race) Theory

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Is Critical Theory Practical?


"You’re in a conversation and someone says, “Critical theory helps.." YouTube.com/c/WhatWouldYouSay/videos


Previously on this blog, you'll find a post entitled: 'Flippin' the Script: Exposing Critical Race Theory.' Amid the text of the article are six inspirational videos on the topic of CRT. It's the belief of this author that we have an inherent duty to do whatever we can in our capacity to resist bad ideas before they take root and radically alter society. These clips reminded me of why I'm so vehemently against this insidious & racist school of thought.


What Is Critical Race Theory?


YouTube.com/c/prageruniversity/videos


Before advancing further, I want to tell you how I define "racism." I go with Google's definition that got derived from the Oxford dictionary; it reads as follows: "prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people.." (based on) "..their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized." This definition is congruent with what racism is in my world.

As an avid reality bender, I think it's important to note a couple of things. Nobody has an objective perspective on either present or past events. All of the data we vacuum up through our five senses gets filtered and framed accordingly with the sum totality of our life experiences. At best, we sometimes have a shared but delusional consensus on truth.

Even when reading books, historical, fiction, or otherwise; We are subjecting ourselves to the reality filters possessed by the various authors we read. Their biases, agenda, known, unknown, or otherwise will shine through in the words they choose, and it will color your perspective on any given topic. One might be of the school of thought that you can't trust anything you read on the internet. That in and of itself is a bit loaded and suggests the contrary is true (that somehow typed ink on paper has a monopoly on reality).

If you believe either of those, you're either hard of thinking or not thinking at all. If only reality were that simple, things would be so much easier. We could avoid some of the hard truths we find on the internet, many that take the form of conspiracy theories, or we could believe everything contained in any book, no matter how absurd it seems to us.

I think I've adequately primed you for the main video I wanted to share. This one from the American Heritage Foundation highlights the infamous 1619 project. If you're unfamiliar, this brainwashing course is a tool that's covertly used to indoctrinate young minds into the cult of Critical Race Theory's variety of racism, mostly against "straight white males."


The 1619 Project’s False Claims of America’s Founding.


YouTube.com/c/TheHeritageFoundation/videos


I cringe a bit when I watch this video because even though it debunks the bogus 1619 (CRT pushing) project, no matter how you slice and dice up history, you can't accurately distill any of it down to three and a half minutes. So in a sense, it's on a par with that 'TIME MASHEEN' bit from 'Idiocracy' where "the U.N., un-Nazi'd the world, forever."

Essentially we all need at least some history for a reference point to know where we stand in this world, as Americans (or whatever one's nationality is). So, when the Heritage Foundation distilled the Civil War down to the abolishment of slavery; It carved out a chunk of nuance large enough to fly a Boeing 737 through. However, none of us are that old, wise, or learned well enough to know precisely what went down and why.

The one sure-fire truth of the matter is that the more data you consume about the Civil War, you'll have a greater insight into the various nuance surrounding the topic. If you know anything about politics, it's a dirty game of overlapping and warring ideologies and agendas. You can look at it as if it's simple black and white, but more accurately, the further you get into the details, you'll realize that it's mostly a haze of gradient greys.

One thing I can appreciate about this video is how it starts. It says, "which history would you choose," and therein comes the magickal bit, the reality-bending. Whether you like it or not, you are a reality bender. We do this all the time, and the only difference between us is that now I know I'm doing it, and this means that I can take full advantage of how I choose to perceive reality, and when you have the realization, you'll probably do the same.

That said, should we Americans look at history through rose-colored glasses and take pride in areas where we have become better, or should we have a more jaundiced view? Perhaps schools should teach black people that they are permanently disadvantaged and cannot accomplish anything because the straight white oppressor will prevent it?

I can't speak to the accuracy of either of these two "His stories," however, I know which one I'm choosing, and I know why too. It doesn't serve me or anyone else to assume the role of permanent victim or oppressor. And this is especially true if these things get determined by something so trivial as the amount of melanin seen in a person's skin.

All of that said, I'd like to end on a high note. I found this fantastic video of a passionate and outspoken man called Ty Smith. He stands before a school board meeting to give the board a piece of his mind about why Critical Race Theory is so blatantly offensive, not only to himself personally, but also why it's a harmful ideology to teach to children.


Father Blast Critical Race Theory At Board Meeting In Viral Video.


YouTube.com/newsweek/videos


For whatever reason, I've found this article extraordinarily difficult to write. Whoever you are, I'm hopeful that you got to read it after I finished the editing process, which spanned approximately two days. My sincere desire is that this will get used as a tool to change people's hearts and minds on either CRT, racism, or for that matter, reality itself. If you know someone you think can benefit from this post, please pay it forward by linking it up!


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It’s crazy world and the scary part is how many are asleep to this

America...lol...what a circus!


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It’s crazy here indeed

Hey, thanks a bunch for stopping by and reading, @frot! The absurdity of it all is both comical and spooky. It's getting less funny the more it looks like we might be on the verge of a cultural revolution. At the same time, I have a strong hope that we're about to shake off the mind virus that academia has been plaguing people with; a lot of CRT stuff has been blowing up on youtube over the last several weeks. I hope for the sake of a peaceful future in America that this nonsense ends quickly!

The cultural zeitgeist is changing...away from this left y marxist BS....
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Massive resistance is catching on here over
in the US. So many people are confronting
school board and city council members.
We will not fall to Communism after all.
Thanks for stopping by, @lucylin!

Massive? I don’t see but 2% or so of population getting involved to pushback. Hopefully it’s just my area and ur right 👍

Search critical race theory on youtube
for some of the latest pushback. You'd
be surprised how small the percent of
SJW that are influencing the various
boards. Outnumbered, they are!
Thx4Ur feeback, @adamcurry33!

Good 2 see pushback finally 👍
Thanks for pointing out!

But reality-bending never ceases.

What will be the next cult or ideology that takes control of "We The People?"

This game never seems to end. I wrote an essay recently on Hive about this, and I think it's due to a hivemind memetic going around.

A lot of people are very suddenly VERY critical of the current state of "leftism." I'm sure you know what I mean. But it's becoming very intense.

And all I can suspect is that humans are still not able to fully grasp memetics and mind viruses, and how they spread and infect people with "ideas."

--Remember: There is no spoon.
& Remember: The spoon = reality.
& Remember: There is no reality.
& Remember: We will choose our own.
& Remember: We are already doing this.
& Remember: the difference is in the knowing.

Most don't know that we are floating in a sea of 7.8 billion subjective human perspectives (or 'realities' or 'life rafts'). Similarly, they don't know that you can explore those of others, or make more of your own. Or that you can jump around to whichever suits you best at any given moment in time. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, @heretickitten!

Wait what. It opens with which America would you choose. A reference to the civil war. Are you pro slavery or anti slavery.

I'm not sure of what it is that you're trying to say in this post. Are you suggesting that slavery and racism did not exist and does not exist? You would have to have lost two eyes and your ears to say racism doesn't exist.

It's kind of sad that a country has to go to war with itself over if slavery is good or bad. I mean keeping someone chained up and forced Labor is morally wrong is it not?

Respectfully I think you should do some more research on history.

Some people just don’t understand this was the whole world not just America pre 1865. If someone can’t understand what the video was saying they didn’t watch it , they got triggered.

What you on about? Guess where Britian went to next... Australia.... guess where slave traders went after America. The pacific to black bird Island nation kids to not work on cotton but sugar cain.

Then to China and the Middle East and now India.

I know. I think we are trying to talk about two different points. Let’s move on. Don’t feel like arguing with a fellow hive family member. But the original video u commented on you missed the point. Might be worth some digging on the topic. It’s not what u took it as. Critical race theory is a communist playbook. It’s propaganda garbage. I don’t see how ur jumping to a history lesson and missing the point. Ur arguments have nothing to do with this

What did I respectfully get wrong sir?

I’m half asleep
Sorry for not being very helpful. I will do some digging in AM for some sources that make this point better. I just get from ur original reply ur not interested in this. Ur minds made up. If not I’m happy to forward more sources tomorrow. Honestly not trying to sound like a jerk. I wish I used a different word then triggered. It’s all respect for anyone in the hive family. I know it’s intense topic these days. I only sound so bold pushing back because it really wasn’t about what u first got out of it

No stress my friend, I'm not triggered I'm not American. But to denounce racism exists is rewriting history. It is a very real thing.

I'm just not familiar with CRT so my point was in confusion as I didn't know where this post was going. From a glance CRT looks divisional but I don't know anything about it.

That’s where we missed it Eacy other points. Dig into CRT. I understand why u took it differently without knowing the background on it. Hit me back if I want any sources to check out. Cheers 🍻

Watch video again with triggering put aside. I don’t mean any disrespect. But u missed the entire point. Watch again without getting triggered.

That video was a repudiation of the 1619 project. It does not deny that slavery happened or that racism exists. America's beginnings, just like any historical event, can get viewed through many different lenses. The 1619 project aims to indoctrinate children with harmful critical race theory brainwashing. CRT aims to train children to be racist against whites and call them oppressors. It teaches black children to see themselves as permanent victims and robs them of their agency. What we're talking about here is highly sophisticated and weaponized propaganda meant to cause maximum harm, not only to students but to society, writ large. If CRT's aims get met, America will move towards the path of apartheid, rabid tribalism, collectivism, and possibly a race war. CRT is a wolf in sheep's clothing and probably brought to you, in part, by the likes of the Fabian Society and similar organizations.

I'm not fully across CRT it's funny that this has been brought up because I asked about CRT recently in the man cave because some people have been bringing it up in my country and I didn't know what it was. It sounded odd and didn't make much sense.

I can't comment on CRT or the link between this post and it or what you're trying to align to. But I would be in agreement with you that current America was born in 1776.

Has racism occured it is a belief that is held by the weak to retain control and profit. There is more slavery today then in the past and we still all profit off it. Dalit caste of India are used as Slaves.

Are there still prejudices today yeah, because people are dumb. But not everyone holds that belief. Over 80% of people voted in favour of stopping slave Labour. If everyone was racist we wouldn't have abolished slavery.

If you have kids in school and they're anywhere near the harmful critical race theory brainwashing (or critical theory in general). I would act urgently to try and get the practice ended immediately. This stuff is doing a whole lot of damage to people's minds. When beliefs get adopted, the deprogramming process can be very challenging. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts, @melbourneswest!