Friday, May 3, 2024

CRT

Most people have heard of critical race theory (CRT) but most are unaware of the history of CRT. According to Allen Geulzo a preeminent historian at Princeton University, CRT had its beginnings with Immanuel Kant in 1790. Kant believed that the Age of Reason could not give shape to our lives so he developed a theory of being critical of reason. His critique resulted in ways of appealing to some unreasonable things like race, nationality and class. Critical theory spawned ideologies such as Maxism and Nazism which taught that human relationships are based on an oppressor class and an oppressed class. For the Marxist  the bourgeoisie were the oppressors and for the Nazis the Jews were the oppressors and today the Whites are the oppressors. The bourgeoisie are the capitalist class that owns most of societies wealth and means of production. Phases like White privilege and White male dominance are used to illustrate oppressor. This ignores the fact that many non-Whites have risen above difficult childhoods to become productive, successful members of society. America is noted for this idea of moving up. People from around the world are making great sacrifice to come to America while many citizens living here have joined the hate America group. This was always thought to be a small group but recent events at universities have suggested otherwise.

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