Maggie's Farm

CRT. If you read the actual scholastic theory, it's kinda dense. In common usage it can mean anything from anti-racism, anti-anti-racism, systemic racism, white privilege, intersectionality. I think it has almost lost any real meaning except as a signaling tool for both sides. That said, I think the most common aspect of CRT for proponents and objectors alike is "systemic racism". So a couple of thoughts.
If one believes CRT teaches there is unaddressed systemic racism in America, I only ask proponents to identify the specific system and how it can be made more neutral. If the answer to that question is “listen to the authentic voices of people of color”, then we are doing that (see protests all over the country). So what’s next? Well, there should be specific policy proposals, but when people object to “defund the police” or teaching kindergarteners that they have “white privilege” or the study of American history should focus on racism, then those objecting are declared to be not sufficiently anti-racist. I'm not against rooting out any systemic racism. I'm just not for specific policies that are actually damaging rather than helpful
However, my biggest problem with CRT, as I understand it, is that it supports a systemic victimhood created by looking backward rather than looking inward or forward. This applies not just to CRT, but to examples like Christians seeing themselves as victims of a hostile culture. These Christians then are focused on being victims of culture instead of focusing inward on how Christians have compromised with the culture or how they can positively influence the culture. This isn’t to say that Christians can’t battle the culture, but that battle should be internal as well as external. And that is the error I see in the proponents of CRT – a focus on victimhood and a dismissal of anything else.

CRT. If you read the actual scholastic theory, it's kinda dense. In common usage I think it has almost lost any real meaning except as a signaling tool for both sides. My biggest problem with CRT, as I understand it, is that it supports a systemic victimhood created by looking backward rather than looking inward or forward. And that is the error I see in the proponents of CRT – a focus on victimhood and a dismissal of anything else.