Re: "Critical Race Theory May Violate Civil Rights Act, the Constitution"

[Bill Flatt]

On 6/24/2021 4:11 PM, ed...@post.com wrote:
> On Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 5:26:30 AM UTC-4, David Hartung wrote:
>> https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/critical-race-theory-may-violate-civil-rights-act-the-constitution-dr-carol-swain_3868093.html

CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS REPACKAGED MARXISM
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/critical-race-theory-is-repackaged-marxism-opinion/ar-AAL1mYu

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In fact, critical race theory isn't a theory at all. Nor is it a
"perspective" of teaching history. It is racism and bigotry, and not
only that—it's an attempt to revive a failed Marxist agenda.

Critical race theory is an offshoot of critical theory, the brainchild
of the Frankfurt School, a group of 20th-century Marxists associated
with the Institute for Social Research. (Fun fact: the founder of the
Institute for Social Research wanted it to be named the Institut fur
Marxismus, which translates to the "Institute for Marxism." That name
was scrapped for fear it would alienate the public.)

In 1937, Max Horkheimer of the Frankfurt School wrote a manifesto about
"critical theory," in which he claimed that when examining society,
people cannot reason objectively. In classic Marxist fashion, critical
theory divides everyone in society into classes of oppressed and
oppressors, but posits that the so-called oppressed stand in the way of
revolution when they adhere to the societal belief systems and cultural
norms of their so-called oppressors. Therefore, the cultural
institutions that stand in the way of the Marxist revolution must be
destroyed through relentless criticism (hence the name: critical theory).
This is crucial because by the 1930s, Marxists were realizing that Karl
Marx's vision of a worker-led revolution wasn't going to sweep the West.

Of course the Marxists blamed workers. Antonio Gramsci, the founder of
the Italian Communist Party, claimed the workers had not successfully
revolted because they still relied on institutions of the ruling class
like the family, religion and country. Gramsci's observation took
critical theory one step further. Gramsci posited that workers needed to
be "re-educated" in order to overthrow the capitalist systems that were
allegedly stymying the worker-led Marxist revolution.
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