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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]still confused if OP means learning about CRT, i.e., the theory.  Or are we talking about learning the viewpoint of history that comes from it.  Like Marx believed history was seen through the lens of class struggle, fine, but some of his conclusions were more than just a bit off.

For example: https://criticalrace.org/the-1619-project/

now that is CRT correct?

But does any reasonable person honestly believe this conclusion:

"The central premise is that America was not founded in 1776, or in the early colonies, or when the Constitution was ratified. According to this new interpretation, the functional founding of America occurred when the first enslaved Africans arrived on the North American continent.[b] Further, the authors claim, the colonists fought the Revolutionary War primarily to protect the slave trade. [/b].

This conclusion seems very unacademic and totally unsupported to me.  In fact, it hurts the whole idea of teaching CRT if it yields conclusions like that.[/quote]

So what if it was actually a secondary issue?  Or if it was a primary issue for some but not most?

Isn't that a really interesting way to look at the American Revolution that, at least I, was taught zero about?  I find it very helpful.[/quote]

The actual statement  was “ One critical reason that the colonists declared their independence from Britain was because they wanted to protect the institution of slavery in the colonies”

The reason the fact checker disagreed was that these two statements were correct but did not like that statement

One reason that the colonists declared their independence from Britain was because they wanted to protect the institution of slavery in the colonies (remove word critical)

Colonies were diverse in their view in slavery, One critical reason some colonists declared their independence from Britain was because they wanted to protect the institution of slavery in the colonies (showing not all colonies thought it a critical reason only some)[/quote]

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