Critical Race Theory

 

                                                 Cartoon from the Duluth News Tribune

Some parents do not want Critical Race Theory (CRT) to be taught. They claim it is anti-American, Marxist and teaches hate.

I doubt if any of those objectors could give me a line-by-line comparison how CRT is Marxist or even what the two subjects are in any depth.

If teaching the negative things that really happened in the U.S. is anti-American, they may have a point. I suspect that they only want the nice parts to be taught to their kids. And although they are many nice parts, there are many bad, horrible things the U.S. did over the centuries. Not teaching them, doesn't mean that they didn't happen and the fall-out can affect their lives today and tomorrow.

And it does deal with hate and the bad things hate leads to. I don't see how learning about hate leading to destruction of lives, is a negative. It strikes me as a role model for what not to do. 

CRT is about a lot more than hate. It is about a reality that existed.

Kids today are tomorrow voters. Having them grow up ignorant of their country's past good, bad and in between actions will mean they will be less apt to be manipulated by powers that do not have their interests only their own.