Should We Be Banning Critical Race Theory?

[josh p]

pvawter wrote:

As opposed to the “shadow” whites are growing up in now, being told they are “the problem” America has to deal with?

Whatever solutions one might propose, the approach of our current culture isn’t helping.

I’m not sure those are mutually exclusive. Isn’t it possible that black people have lived under a misguided white paternalism AND whites are now blamed for all sorts of social evils? To me, it’s the same backward thinking that motivates both.

Yeah, I didn’t mean them to be exclusive, nor am I denying that there are still issues to be faced. My point was simply that the solution to racism in the past isn’t to foster racism in the present albeit with a new object.

As far as the concerns Bert mentions, all, or nearly all of them are true of poor white communities, too. They have more to do with socio-economic categories than race.

…with pvawter. Yes these things do hit all poor communities hard. They hit African-Americans a bit harder because the drop in marriage rates for African-Americans started earlier and was deeper.

Here’s another bit of racism against blacks; they’re admitted to professional college programs with lower scores, and then accredited with a colorblind test. Can you imagine the pain of working your rear end off and getting $100-200k in student loans only to find you can’t pass your bar exam or medical boards?

Look at the proposed solution—eliminate the bar exam. So those who were not competent at law would become lawyers, and then get disbarred and sued for everything they’ve got by clients who expected a lawyer who could pass the bar.

Yes, I’d dare say that the left hates African-Americans if they’re going to do that.