Critical Race Theory debate

I can think of one person who behaves like a child and posts irrelevant and insulting comments like this in almost every thread. I don't know why an adult would behave this way but you do.

If you have me on ignore, then ignore me...I guess you just don't have the self-control.

He did something similar for me in the voter fraud thread:  Cited the Heritage website that said the opposite of his argument and, when called on it, used the blistering rejoinder, "no it's not."

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Good advice....are you going to give it a try? You certainly haven't been civil to me so far. Not that I care.

Like I said, if you're going to ignore me please do so. Don't be like Dave.

Thanks for the intermission fellas, but I'd like to place a moratorium on anything beyond the subject matter of this thread going forward.

Some interesting thoughts about what CRT is intended to convey, so I'll go with an academic definition per Education Week



These are the basic tenets of CRT

Basic Tenets and Dominant Themes in Critical Race Theory
Scholars across disciplines have identified several dominant and unifying themes that describe the basic tenets of CRT. Based on the core CRT literature, 10 basic tenets/dominant themes can be articulated that describe CRT’s conceptual foundation.

1. Race is a social construct, not a biological phenomenon.
2. Racism is endemic to American life and should not be regarded as an aberration.
3. Racism benefits those who are privileged and serves the interests of the powerful to maintain the status quo with respect to racial stratification.
4. CRT represents a challenge to the dominant social ideology of color-blindness and meritocracy.
5. Racial identity and racial identification are influenced by the racial stratification that permeates American society.
6. Assimilation and racial integration are not always in the best interests of the subordinated group.
7. CRT considers the significance of within-group heterogeneity and the existence of simultaneous, multiple, intersecting identities.
8. CRT argues for the centrality, legitimacy, and appropriateness of the lived experience of racial/ethnic minorities in any analysis of racial stratification.
9. CRT insists on a contextual analysis by placing race and racism in a cultural and historical context, as well as a contemporary sociopolitical context.
10. Informing social justice efforts and the elimination of racial oppression are the ultimate goals of critical race theory.

Unless I'm missing any key items, I think we can use these points to start the debate.

I can and will argue with #1, because I couldn't disagree more.  It seems you are using "race" and "racism" interchangeably, when they are vastly different concepts.
Race is absolutely a biological phenomenon.  Ever since the first humans spread across the world, they have developed physical and socio-cultural differences that are the absolute basis of race.  If the world were entirely devoid of racism, there would still be races.  Whether or not racism is a social construct depends almost entirely on one's definition of the term, so that may need to be agreed upon before a discussion can proceed.

I think the rub with the biological argument comes with the wide prevalence of mixed races - and that has nothing to do with racism. By example, what biological race would a person whose paternal grandparents are Asian, maternal grandparents American Indian, white mother, and black father belong to?

This from another site defining CRT. I can't vouch for the science behind it, but my limited experience with a couple of the DNA sites has me nodding my head in agreement considering I have a pretty varied mixed racial structure.