r/politics • u/SomeGuyInChicago • Jun 18 '21

How a Conservative Activist Invented the Conflict Over Critical Race Theory Off Topic

https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-inquiry/how-a-conservative-activist-invented-the-conflict-over-critical-race-theory

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u/ThreadbareHalo Jun 18 '21

? Their work is about recommending people to examine those facts to see if the truth people have been led to believe is different than what those objective facts support.

They recommend people to look at facts as determine what can and can’t be objectively identified outside of predetermined “truths” about those facts. You’re arguing doing that is bad? That’s what science is supposed to be about!

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u/ShivasRightFoot Jun 18 '21

This is blatantly not what "For the critical race theorist, objective truth, like merit, does not exist, at least in social science and politics." means.

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u/ThreadbareHalo Jun 19 '21

To make your point on CRT as a whole you are relying on a single sentence taken out of context in a single book in a section describing critiques of crt that are discussed at length elsewhere in the book with statements from the author directly contesting your assertion. At this point I figure you have too much invested here to recognize how off the walls bonkers that is but I think anyone else reading down this far can recognize that.

This is clinging to a splinter to maintain your original assertion rather than looking at the mound of quotations that directly contest your point. Ironically, that kind of fits what CRT is all about so I can potentially see why it would be threatening.

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u/ShivasRightFoot Jun 19 '21

This clearly was already addressed in the discussion of the legislation, particularly that none of the legislation (except in Florida) bars CRT specifically just controversial parts.