Critical Race Theory

[Martin Hash]

When those that believe that government is responsible for you are critiquing those who believe that you are responsible for yourself, they use a line of attack called “Critical Theory,” a debate strategy developed in Germany in the 1930s drawing on the ideas of Karl Marx, in opposition of the values of The Enlightenment because those lead to inequality in both wealth and power; Critical Theory appeals to those that have neither. Every battle needs opposing sides, Critical Theory pits Class against Class, but didn’t get enough traction in America because democracy successfully outnumbered the disaffected Class. Critical RACE Theory is the same arguments, in the same wrapper, but they equate Race to Class, made it fashionable, and got the voting numbers to defeat The Patriarchy: liberty, meritocracy & patriotism.

CRT claims that white supremacy and racial power are maintained primarily via the law, and propose to change the law, including The Constitution, to reflect their equality-based value system. Any complaint about anything perceived as inequitable is attributed to racism. This claim has confused Americans who thought race was essentially skin-color, but the definition of “racism” has been expanded to include any situation, person, or thing that generates an inequality. The CRT solution is to use the law to enforce equality, which can be achieved by giving to the “oppressed” race, or by taking from the “privileged” race. Of course this runs smack into the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which specifically prohibits discrimination based on race, but the majority don’t seem to care, and America does uses voting to decide these things.

“The thing Critical Race Theory lacks is critical thinking.” - me