The Soapbox

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Its not about just digging and digging but

understanding that its just not about slavery and how it ended with the civil war. Instead of tackling it by banning it, maybe people need to tackle it and address it and determine if the theory is wrong or right. And CRT in itself has changed/expanded over time and its not as singular/unified anymore in theory.

When you have states going on the war path of "banning", it says that they would rather not address the issues with CRT and what they propose but they would rather suppress it and not allow it to be taught to anyone. It seems in America that acknowledging the nation's history of racism has long been as unpatriotic and anti-American.....

(In response to this post by Hokieesith)

Posted: 06/14/2021 at 5:47PM

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While all the 'anti-postmodernists' grouse about CRT..... -- SchmHoo 06/14/2021 11:01AM

Can both be wrong? ** -- CharlestonSC 06/14/2021 3:17PM

Possibly, but only one of the two examples is actually -- Plano Hoo 06/14/2021 6:47PM

It is starting to be taught via DEI initiatives, -- hoodeyo 06/14/2021 7:10PM

The Native American museum -- Zhoo 06/14/2021 8:24PM

True -- hoodeyo 06/14/2021 8:45PM

No one claims all white people are racists. -- Zhoo 06/14/2021 10:23PM

Who decides what is wrong? ** -- Zhoo 06/14/2021 5:24PM

The history books the Virginia GOP grew up with were wrong -- WahooMatt05 06/14/2021 9:49PM

That was the 4th grade book I had in early seventies -- VaTechie 06/15/2021 12:48AM

That makes it worse for VA LOL ** -- Zhoo 06/14/2021 10:15PM

With regard to history, generally historians. -- CharlestonSC 06/14/2021 5:43PM

Well for what it’s worth, Tom Morello would say this -- 111Balz 06/14/2021 7:08PM

Are church leaders considered ‘ethicists?’ -- SchmHoo 06/14/2021 6:21PM

I suppose in a way they are? At least with regard to the morality of tjeir -- CharlestonSC 06/14/2021 7:21PM

Maybe. But what about CRT do you think rises to the same level as that? ** -- 111Balz 06/14/2021 3:55PM

^^mic dropper ** -- HokieDan95 06/14/2021 3:22PM

I think this is about mindset -- DTsBicep 06/14/2021 3:43PM

He doesn’t have a clue what CRT is. He’s just been told it’s bad ** -- 111Balz 06/14/2021 3:55PM

What exactly is the status quo? ** -- Hokieesith 06/14/2021 3:50PM

A lack of history being -- DTsBicep 06/14/2021 3:57PM

That is one event. I think it should be taught. -- Hokieesith 06/14/2021 4:08PM

Sure but WHY wasn't this one taught? And there are many more -- HoodatB 06/14/2021 5:16PM

My experience in school is that 20th century history wasn’t focused on -- Hokieesith 06/14/2021 7:09PM

“I’m sure it will help bring us together ….” -- DTsBicep 06/14/2021 8:56PM

Status quo is continuing to bring the past up over and over and over again. -- Hokieesith 06/14/2021 9:05PM

By over and over you mean once, right? -- HoodatB 06/15/2021 3:26PM

Nada, all Virginia schools if I remember correctly in my tme & maybe yours -- VaTechie 06/14/2021 8:30PM

Which is why I said it’s mindset -- DTsBicep 06/14/2021 4:15PM

Why do we need to dig and dig and dig? -- Hokieesith 06/14/2021 4:20PM

Good point. We should probably have mentioned it once, and never -- southdenverhoo 06/14/2021 11:01PM

Its not about just digging and digging but -- Zhoo 06/14/2021 5:47PM

Ignorance is strength I guess? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/14/2021 5:07PM

Yeah. Because no one has any idea that there was racism in out past. Lol. -- Hokieesith 06/14/2021 6:52PM

Clearly no one can teach you anything. You know it all. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/14/2021 7:14PM

The question is why does "digging" the past = America is bad, in your eyes? -- HoodatB 06/14/2021 5:03PM

Are you married? Have bad things happened between you and your wife? -- Hokieesith 06/14/2021 6:54PM

Poor analogy: what happens during a marriage has zero effect on the …. -- FxHoo 06/14/2021 8:36PM

That was really bad, let start with why u broke up with your last boyfriend -- VaTechie 06/14/2021 8:32PM

The contents of that passage are offensive and should be removed/edited ** -- orangenblue 06/14/2021 2:39PM

I don't understand, I suppose. Is it offensive or reality? -- HAZER 06/14/2021 3:21PM

Describing the stones as refugees clearly hopes to elicit sympathy from the -- Hooooooooooooooo 06/14/2021 4:57PM

Nuanced...but told from one pov in a manner that for some -- orangenblue 06/14/2021 4:40PM

Okay, that makes some sense. -- HAZER 06/14/2021 4:50PM

Well you make a pretty good point and having only read the two paragraphs -- Hooooooooooooooo 06/14/2021 5:00PM

Yes. It's pretty much the truth. ** -- Hokieesith 06/14/2021 3:42PM

That is less an instance of history and more of an anecdote meant......... -- Chuck Taylor 06/14/2021 1:38PM

An appeal for reparations? -- DTsBicep 06/14/2021 2:58PM

I missed it too, I think. -- HAZER 06/14/2021 3:24PM

No, you made the connection. -- Chuck Taylor 06/14/2021 4:06PM

Got ya, that all makes sense. ** -- HAZER 06/14/2021 4:19PM

I think I know who wrote that textbook -- WahooMatt05 06/14/2021 12:50PM

Was that Tommy Boy? ** -- WahooRQ 06/14/2021 3:05PM

Crazy. And yet his poor ancestors fought and perhaps died to preserve the -- Seattle .Hoo 06/14/2021 12:56PM

It's interesting that the passage mentions Texas. I was reading this -- Seattle .Hoo 06/14/2021 12:00PM

You do realize that paragraph hasn't been in the news? ** -- HokieDan95 06/14/2021 11:45AM

Yet critical race theory, not being taught anywhere pre-college, dominates -- wahoo138 06/14/2021 1:35PM

Where did you get the idea it’s not being taught pre-college? (Link 1) -- JMHoo 06/14/2021 6:02PM

Link 2 -- JMHoo 06/14/2021 6:05PM

Link 3 -- JMHoo 06/14/2021 6:07PM

Your sources pretty much suck..........all of the time. -- Chuck Taylor 06/14/2021 6:56PM

Chris Rufo is THE man on CRT. ** -- JMHoo 06/14/2021 7:27PM

No one you listen to tells the truth ** -- 111Balz 06/15/2021 06:15AM

Just more of the same old same old from the front on the culture war. -- Chuck Taylor 06/14/2021 2:29PM

The dumbest people ** -- WahooRQ 06/14/2021 1:56PM

And you do realize that’s pretty much the point of -- BocaHoo91 06/14/2021 1:17PM

Surprising it hasn’t been, but ….so what’s new? ** -- 111Balz 06/14/2021 12:41PM

Exactly. Thanks for reinforcing his point. ** -- TomGlansAski 06/14/2021 12:41PM

Request: I need JMHoo’s take on this….. ** -- DTsBicep 06/14/2021 11:24AM