Yeah most of the fear mongering I see is being done by people who don't actually
know what CRT is. They haven't read any of the theoretical papers or they would know
its only only taught at the highest academic levels.
I have a niece that is taking some classes at Berkeley on CRT and after reading
the first page the shit gave me a fuckin headache and I fancy myself as pretty
damn educated and smart.
Its a very complex collection of papers. You aren't teaching it to
children anymore then you would teach a child Loop Quantum Gravity
Academic
Daniel A. Farber and
Suzanna Sherry argue that critical race theory lacks supporting evidence, relies on an implausible belief that reality is socially constructed, rejects evidence in favor of storytelling, rejects truth and merit as expressions of political dominance, and rejects the rule of law. Additionally, they posit that the anti-meritocratic tenets in critical race theory, critical feminism, and critical legal studies may unintentionally lead to
antisemiticand anti-Asian implications.
[47][48][8] In particular, they suggest that the success of Jews and Asians within what critical race theorists argue is a structurally unfair system may lend itself to allegations of cheating, advantage-taking, or other such claims. A series of responses to Farber and Sherry was published in the Harvard Law Review.
[49]These responses argue that there is a difference between criticizing an unfair system and criticizing individuals who perform well inside that system.
[8][49] In the
Boston College Law Review, Jeffrey Pyle argues that critical race theory undermines confidence in the rule of law, saying that "critical race theorists attack the very foundations of the liberal legal order, including equality theory, legal reasoning, Enlightenment rationalism and neutral principles of constitutional law".
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By jurists
Judge
Richard Posner of the
U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals argued in 1997 that critical race theory "turns its back on the Western tradition of rational inquiry, forswearing analysis for narrative", and that "by repudiating reasoned argumentation, [critical race theorists] reinforce stereotypes about the intellectual capacities of nonwhites."
[9] Former Judge
Alex Kozinski, who served on the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, criticized critical race theorists in 1997 for raising "insuperable barriers to mutual understanding" and thus eliminating opportunities for "meaningful dialogue".
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