Critical Race Theory: Understanding the Nature of Race and America

[faelismaegnus]

Be warned. Critical Theory is MARXIST-FREUDIAN ideological propaganda. They HATE any person of any race who disagrees with the goals of their theory - their revolutionary utopian society. They USE people and ethnicity for their political gain.

[newdawg100]

@SLAM234

I expected so much more of an intellectual engagement from someone who describes himself as a "teacher." Yet, you seem to be more interested in ad hominem than in specifically addressing where exactly in my statements I had said something that has faulty logic or appears to be confusing to you. [All of my text in the comments section for the video is intended to address YOUR statements.]

[rjong95510]

@newdawg100

Wow. There should be a "mercy rule" for You Tube comments. Please spare SLAM234's life! I'm sure he means well.

[newdawg100]

Anyone can do a simple Internet search to find numerous websites that explain the differences between individual & institutional (as well as structural or systematic) racism. The local university or public library also contains dozens of books and articles that explain these concepts. I do not need to waste my time having to be put into a reactive position in this dialogue. I'd rather be in a proactive position.

[newdawg100]

Although it is quite obvious that I can be long-winded (and this may be an understatement), I have at least shown to readers that I have an academic familiarity with the topic at hand, a familiarity which conveys years of investment in studying about the topic at hand.

Please engage harder beyond the “you need to check a dictionary” approach; it’s arrogant, condescending, and, perhaps most tellingly, intellectually lazy.

[newdawg100]

White people do NOT have to possess malicious intent in order to be the beneficiaries of institutional racism. If someone is discriminated against because of a law or accepted social practice, it then is logical to conclude that those NOT discriminated against will have increased their odds of getting a home loan, a job, a slot to immigrate, or some other type of benefit. [See George Lipsitz’s The Possessive Investment In Whiteness for a good historical account of this.]

[newdawg100]

The same dynamic holds true in the case of gender & sexual orientation, 2 social categories where I am a member of the respective dominant groups. Even though I work hard to end patriarchy and homophobia, I am nonetheless the beneficiary of these oppressive phenomena because I cannot always be aware of when or how they may have been integrated in the institutions of society. It is only through conscious study of such complex dynamics that I come that much closer towards having better awareness.

[newdawg100]

If white Americans are seemingly being “vilified” in the YouTube video under scrutiny (a view I do not share), it is likely because certain viewers are not accustomed to seeing whites in historical roles that are less than flattering. As a person of color, I’ve had to witness such a practice (as it pertains to my racial group) everyday of my life. So, at the very least, white folks should be able to put up with, say, an Intro to Ethnic Studies class for a semester. Is that too much to ask?

[newdawg100]

@SLAM234

You seem to be confusing individual racism for institutional racism.

[newdawg100]

@SLAM234

What is the point behind the statement "(i)f you study the history of the world, there's plenty of ugliness to go around?" Most educated folks DO know this, so why even make the statement? What obligation does a scholar have to analyze race from a global perspective, esp. when the video title clearly infers a U.S. focus? Do we make such demands on scholars who teach topics like assimilation, gentrification, pop culture, and so forth also within a national framework or context?

[newdawg100]

It seems that the purpose behind your statement is to suggest that white people do not have a monopoly on being racist. Perhaps. Does this then negate the argument that within an AMERICAN context, white people HAVE had a monopoly in practicing INSTITUTIONAL racism since the dawning of the republic (and even before then)? Or is the historical record not “objective” enough for you?

[newdawg100]

In regards to the statement “(t)his obsession with ‘whiteness’ is getting more than a little disturbing,” who exactly is obsessed with the discourse of “whiteness,” and how? Tim Wise? George Lipsitz, Peggy McIntosh, Greg Jay?

[newdawg100]

Outside of academia, “whiteness” has ALWAYS been pervasive, to the extent that ALL Americans seemingly have been preoccupied with it at one time or another in their lives. Living in a culturally white supremacist society like the U.S., we simply did not name or identify our U.S. History classes as “White U.S. History classes.” We didn’t refer to Friends or Seinfeld as “White TV shows.” The Red Badge of Courage or Tom Sawyer were not presented by our teachers as examples of “White literature.”

[newdawg100]

In regards to “I do hope fellow liberals begin taking a deeper look at the lack of objectivity and bias that's laced throughout this stuff,” isn’t the mainstream account of U.S. history & culture that most of us are taught in American schools—an account that tends to render racial minorities as marginal (if not outright invisible) to the American experience—also lacking in “objectivity” and informed by “bias?”

[newdawg100]

Since when is knowledge construction “objective?” Someone (or group) has to decide what is and isn’t worth including in a school’s curriculum—this is a subjective process. (Even a mathematician uses subjectivity to figure out the best methodology for teaching math problems.) History and sociology are NOT “objective” disciplines because they entail INTERPRETATION of data.

[newdawg100]

@SLAM234

If white Americans—as well as racial minorities—do not confront the legacy of institutional white supremacy in U.S. history for fear of the prospect that some will develop “hurt feelings” in the course of such study, what hope do we really have in moving towards a more racially just society in the future?

[FazopTheWizard]

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