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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am okay with my DC learning about anything. Saying that, as far as I understand it, CRT is about tearing down the current system as it is deemed racist - this is total BS and I am absolutely not okay with that. Do I think kids should be aware of systematic racism - absolutely, it exist and it should be dealt with!But do we have to tear the entire system to fix it - i don’t think so, that is inviting chaos an anarchy![/quote]

You misunderstand. CRT is a theoretical framework for looking at the law, and history.

So, to take an example that is pretty well understood, CRT led to a reevaluation of sentencing discrepancies. Rather than just accepting that cocaine possession was worth 2 years in jail, but crack was worth 10 years, critical race theorists examined the reasons why those discrepancies existed. SURPRISE! It was because of race. So, they advocated for political change because "the law" was not neutral. It was racialized.

Basically, it's a lens through which to view the law and history. To take another analogy, it's like a lens used to look at literature. You can read a classic book for the story, or for the prose, or as a way to understand how certain groups existed within the time and place when the book was written. So, you can take the same book and apply different lenses to understand it in different ways.

All of which to say, CRT is not actually prescriptive. It's not about tearing down racist systems, even though I think we should tear down racist systems. It's about identifying the places in the law and in US history where race intersects with our understanding. [/quote]

You can also look at student math achievement and see there is a gap between POC and whites/asians. California is looking to do away with tracking and have everyone in the same classes until high school. Do you think this is the way to address the issue? 
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This is a related, but different issue. First, you have to understand the issue, then depending on what you find, you may have to consider remedies. What this thread is about is understanding/discussing the perspective. I think what conservatives want to avoid is the call for remedy. Oftentimes, remedy means changing a system where current winners will win less often. For example, take the mass adoption by colleges of test optional applications. By now, I think we understand that its intention is to admit more minorities [b]without[/b] decreasing the stated scores/hurdle for other applicants. [/quote]

How do you know? The process is just now more opaque.

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