Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

@Penguin Dragneel
I thought it was about the notion that white people are naturally racist or something.

What Is Critical Race Theory?
The critical race theory (CRT) movement is a collection of activists and scholars interested in studying and transforming the relationship among race, racism, and power. The movement considers many of the same issues that conventional civil rights and ethnic studies discourses take up, but places them in a broader perspective that includes economics, history, context, group- and self-interest, and even feelings and the unconscious. Unlike traditional civil rights, which embraces incrementalism and step-by-step progress, critical race theory questions the very foundations of the liberal order, including equality theory, legal reasoning, Enlightenment rationalism, and neutral principles of constitutional law.

@Dustcan

Gas prices are absurd right now. So the Democrats proposed a legislation that would combat it.

Unsurprisingly Republicans blocked it.

So basically Republicans just want every Americans to suffer.

heres a PDF file the stuff I was quoting is from chapter 1 in the book

What Is Critical Race Theory?
The critical race theory (CRT) movement is a collection of activists and scholars interested in studying and transforming the relationship among race, racism, and power. The movement considers many of the same issues that conventional civil rights and ethnic studies discourses take up, but places them in a broader perspective that includes economics, history, context, group- and self-interest, and even feelings and the unconscious. Unlike traditional civil rights, which embraces incrementalism and step-by-step progress, critical race theory questions the very foundations of the liberal order, including equality theory, legal reasoning, Enlightenment rationalism, and neutral principles of constitutional law.

@Ciaran  
I didn’t bother to read the debate that got you to ask these questions (I’m too busy on Afghanistan stuff), but I will offer a definition of CRT and my opposition to such.
 
Critical race theory, at it’s earliest form and narrowest definition, a legal framework/movement born out of frustrations of a preconceived lack of progress post civil rights era of the 1960s that coalesced around several lawyers and civil rights activist in the late 1960s to 1970s. You will see it defined differently but the basic idea is that racism is more subtle, insidious and embedded in the very framework of legal codes and culture within our society over simply attitudes that need to be adjusted. This is where race as a social construct (and other social constructs usually based hidden bias from cultural practices and language) comes into play.
 
In order to keep this relatively short, I will just use this poster to show why I oppose all of this  
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There is a lot of issues one could have with this, namely, linking stuff like rational thinking and strong work ethics explicitly white values and values that themselves need to be rejected. Why was it posted to the National Museum of African American history and culture? They were ridiculed for it and hastily took it down, but it what world would something that could be taken with minimal editing as white supremacist propaganda be posted there? Because that is the world of of being pushed out of our elite institutions increasingly now. If these ideas are all taken to heart, liberal democracy wouldn’t survive.
 
I, honestly, probably don’t have a problem with all the analysis or observations being made by critical race theory or related/sub-concepts like intersectionality but I have has seen, time and time again, these ideas be introduced and often just destroy and break the foundation of anything they touch, be it a more Derrick Bell pure form or Robin DiAngelo neurotic upper class white edition that I will never use their tools at all to attempt to fix anything or support their use. I only support the basic right to merely existence in a free and hopefully liberal/libertarian (though ideally with some conservative elements) society.

So now the official line is we didn’t see this coming at all at this level Not even just the intelligence leaks, look at the initial talking points.  
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The administration knew there was a distinct possibility that Kabul would fall to the Taliban

It was not an inevitability. It was a possibility

 

The administration planned for every possibility. We had contingency plans in place for any eventuality–including the quick fall of Kabul. That’s why we had troops pre-positioned in the region to deploy as they have done.

 
 
This is not looking good and this situation could easily have some bloodshed whether we like it or not.
 
 
It’s all shocking to see  

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This really is a fiasco. I understand the military is holding back to not start clashing with the Taliban but it is really a failure that we didn’t secure more then just the airport for a evacuation like this.

@MethidMan
The most I’ve actually watched is Seth Meyers. I get news from discord servers.

I highly disagree with the notion that white people are inherently racist and oppressors.

@Background Pony #0E9C
I highly disagree with the notion that white people are inherently racist and oppressors. I’m not responsible for what my ancestors did 200 years ago.

I am a straight, white, Christian, married, suburban mom who knows that the very notion that learning about slavery or redlining or systemic racism means that children are being taught to feel bad or hate themselves because they are white is absolute nonsense.

No child alive today is responsible for slavery. No one is this room is responsible for slavery. But each and every single one of us bears responsibility for writing the next chapter of history. We decide what happens next, and how we respond to history and the world around us.

We are not responsible for the past. We also cannot change the past. We can’t pretend that it didn’t happen, or deny people their very right to exist.