Calling intersectional Kendi-DiAngeloism "Critical Race Theory" was always going to fall prey to the selective pedantry of the left professoriat
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It had to become much coarser, stupider, and more propagandistic to arrive at this point where this is being taught to STEM teachers...pic.twitter.com/5Vl0a6A6UT
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But really all the fundamental errors in reasoning and proportionality were present in those articles appearing in Harvard Law Review in 1983
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Wesley Yang Retweeted Grace 🌾
People who talk like this in 2021, speaking a jargon existing in a self-enclosed system of reference immune to correction or criticism, are the weaponized superbug version of the core CRT claimshttps://twitter.com/graceisforyou/status/1386740587194327041?s=20 …
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Grace 🌾 @graceisforyouWe noticed shared rhetoric among the staff. Terms we heard often: “systems of power and oppression” “hegemony” “marginalized identities” “intersections” “centering” “deconstruct” “knowledges” “normativity” Didn’t understand the ideology behind it, started doing some reading. 5/Show this thread7 replies 76 retweets 544 likesShow this thread -
But this resulting product has gone through decades of being fashioned into a blunt instrument of coercion, in chat rooms, tumblr posts, academic echo chambers, flame wars, campus and workplace meltdowns
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We need a new term to describe this vision of the world as a matrix of interlocking oppression. P People who want to analyze this sociological phenomenon without taking on the baggage of terms like "Cultural Marxism" are turning to a useful neologism: https://hedgehogreview.com/blog/thr/posts/the-problem-with-western-religions-on-campus …pic.twitter.com/Z6RdFV8eLc
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Wesley Yang Retweeted Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️
The original stuff was more sophisticated than the inane crap being taught in diversity seminars throughout corporate America. But that's really not saying much!https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1390830364063506438?s=20 …
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Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ @realchrisrufoFinally, participants are told they must “pivot” from “white dominant culture” to “something different.” The document claims that “competition,” “individualism,” “timeliness,” and “comprehensiveness” are “white dominant” values that “perpetuate white supremacy culture.” pic.twitter.com/f4Z9LSv8IrShow this thread5 replies 24 retweets 261 likesShow this thread -
But it's why one should avoid calling the crap "CRT"
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You want to avoid sounding Glenn Beck-ish or Trump Jr.-ish (or like lefties ascribing the war in Iraq to Leo Strauss) and recognize that the reason-resistant superbug that took over institutional America in 2020 is an 8th generation mutated variant
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So take a newer term nobody identifies with, and the pedants never stop asking you what the hell that means and who you're talking about.
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