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'''Critical race theory''' ('''CRT''') is a [[Postmodernist]] construct based on [[Critical theory]] that teaches that race is not [[genetic]].  Instead, race is a social construct and a basis for political struggles in the fight for racial justice.  In some schools '''Critical race theory''' is being camouflaged as '''[[Culturally relevant teaching]]''' ('''CRT''') or '''culturally responsive teaching''' ('''CRT''').

'''Critical race theory''' ('''CRT''') is a [[Postmodernist]] construct based on [[Critical theory]] that teaches that race is not [[genetic]].  Instead, race is a social construct and a basis for political struggles in the fight for racial justice.  In some schools '''Critical race theory''' is being camouflaged as '''[[Culturally relevant teaching]]''' ('''CRT''') or '''culturally responsive teaching''' ('''CRT''').

Critical race theory provides the foundation for claims that the [[Founding Fathers]] were "[[racist]]."  It was devised by Derrick Bell, [[Barack Obama]]’s favorite Harvard professor, in the early 1980s.<ref>Fernando, Ivan (November 18, 2013). [http://diversitychronicle.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/progressive-professor-urges-white-male-students-to-commit-suicide-during-class/ "Progressive professor urges white male students to commit suicide during class"]. Diversity Chronicle website.</ref> CRT exemplifies [[Lenin]]’s strategy as applied to race.  According to [[Discover the Networks]]:

Critical race theory is a rejection of the core teachings of [[Dr. Martin Luther King]], the people should be judged on the content of their character, not their skin. And that America’s institutions should be colorblind.

 

Critical race theory was devised by Derrick Bell, [[Barack Obama]]’s favorite Harvard professor, in the early 1980s.<ref>Fernando, Ivan (November 18, 2013). [http://diversitychronicle.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/progressive-professor-urges-white-male-students-to-commit-suicide-during-class/ "Progressive professor urges white male students to commit suicide during class"]. Diversity Chronicle website.</ref> It is the foundational for claim that the [[Founding Fathers]] were [[racist]].  CRT exemplifies [[Lenin]]’s strategy as applied to race.  According to [[Discover the Networks]]:

{{quotebox-float|Critical race theory contends that America is permanently racist to its core, and that consequently the nation’s legal structures are, by definition, racist and invalid … members of “oppressed” racial groups are entitled—in fact obligated—to determine for themselves which laws and traditions have merit and are worth observing. …}}

{{quotebox-float|Critical race theory contends that America is permanently racist to its core, and that consequently the nation’s legal structures are, by definition, racist and invalid … members of “oppressed” racial groups are entitled—in fact obligated—to determine for themselves which laws and traditions have merit and are worth observing. …}}

Bell’s theory is in turn an innovation of [[Critical Theory]], which was developed by Marxist thinkers of the [[Frankfurt School]] in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1923. The Institute’s left-wing scholars fled Hitler’s Germany in the 1930s, relocating to [[Columbia University]] in New York. Critical Theory teaches a view that all aspects of Western society are discredited, and this view forms the foundation of what we know today as [[political correctness]]. One of its most famous purveyors was the Frankfurt School’s [[Herbert Marcuse]], longtime associate of the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]]’s [[Julian Bond]]. Marcuse invented the concept of “partisan tolerance,” that is, [[tolerance]] for leftist ideas and [[intolerance]] of all others. The Southern Poverty Law Center applied Marcuse’s strategy in developing its “Hate Watch” list, and ''[[Rules for Radicals]]'' author [[Saul Alinsky]] used it in his own life’s work.

Bell’s theory is in turn an innovation of [[Critical Theory]], which was developed by Marxist thinkers of the [[Frankfurt School]] in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1923. The Institute’s left-wing scholars fled Hitler’s Germany in the 1930s, relocating to [[Columbia University]] in New York. Critical Theory teaches a view that all aspects of Western society are discredited, and this view forms the foundation of what we know today as [[political correctness]]. One of its most famous purveyors was the Frankfurt School’s [[Herbert Marcuse]], longtime associate of the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]]’s [[Julian Bond]]. Marcuse invented the concept of “partisan tolerance,” that is, [[tolerance]] for leftist ideas and [[intolerance]] of all others. The Southern Poverty Law Center applied Marcuse’s strategy in developing its “Hate Watch” list, and ''[[Rules for Radicals]]'' author [[Saul Alinsky]] used it in his own life’s work.

 

==CRT in higher education==

 

==Infiltration of higher education==

:{{See also|Scientific racism}}

:{{See also|Scientific racism}}

CRT has affected higher education in a number of ways,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cyber.harvard.edu/bridge/CriticalTheory/critical4.htm|title=Critical Race Theory|accessdate=October 3, 2020}}</ref> and many critics claimed that higher education was the breeding ground for the theory prior to its spread into general society.  CRT has been developed and spread in a large number of academic papers, with journal editors showing a preference for analysis that promotes CRT relative to other theoretical frameworks.

CRT has affected higher education in a number of ways,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cyber.harvard.edu/bridge/CriticalTheory/critical4.htm|title=Critical Race Theory|accessdate=October 3, 2020}}</ref> and many critics claimed that higher education was the breeding ground for the theory prior to its spread into general society.  CRT has been developed and spread in a large number of academic papers, with journal editors showing a preference for analysis that promotes CRT relative to other theoretical frameworks.

The first and most thorough adoption of CRT in the United States was at [[Evergreen State College]] in 2017.  Proposals were advanced for race-based hiring and promotion, and administrators tried to pressure faculty to change the grades of a black student who complained.  The students took over the library/administration building, seized the cafeteria, demanded that the President stand-down the police, while they hunted down Bret Weinstein, a faculty-critic, with baseball bats.  When the administration called a town-hall meeting, the black students actively discouraged white students from attending.  The national publicity of the crisis resulted in a large drop in enrollment and donations.

The first and most thorough adoption of CRT in the United States was at [[Evergreen State College]] in 2017.  Proposals were advanced for race-based hiring and promotion, and administrators tried to pressure faculty to change the grades of a black student who complained.  The students took over the library/administration building, seized the cafeteria, demanded that the President stand-down the police, while they hunted down Bret Weinstein, a faculty-critic, with baseball bats.  When the administration called a town-hall meeting, the black students actively discouraged white students from attending.  The national publicity of the crisis resulted in a large drop in enrollment and donations.

==Distortion of the function of law enforcement==

==CRT view of law enforcement==

:{{see also|Systemic racism}}

:{{see also|Systemic racism}}

Under traditional theories, the goal of law enforcement was the adoption of clear rules of conduct and then enforcing those rules in a color-blind manner.  Because law enforcement officials have to make split-second decisions that could result in serious bodily harm or death, most states adopted [[qualified immunity]] statutes to protect individual law enforcement officers from liability for such injuries.  In contrast, CRT sees all events and interactions as involving race and the exercise of power to subjugate racial groups.  Accordingly, CRT justifies movements to "defund the police" and to repeal qualified immunity for law enforcement.

Under traditional theories, the goal of law enforcement was the adoption of clear rules of conduct and then enforcing those rules in a color-blind manner.  Because law enforcement officials have to make split-second decisions that could result in serious bodily harm or death, most states adopted [[qualified immunity]] statutes to protect individual law enforcement officers from liability for such injuries.   

 

In contrast, CRT sees all events and interactions as involving race and the exercise of power to subjugate racial groups.  Accordingly, CRT justifies movements to "[[defund the police]]" and to repeal qualified immunity for law enforcement.

==Other groups espousing CRT==

==Groups adopting CRT==

===Psychology and psychiatry===

===Psychology and psychiatry===

On September 1, 2020, the national professional society of caregivers responsible for the mental health of '''individuals''' in the United States, adopted a resolution calling for “true systemic change in U.S. culture” because of “institutional racism.”<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/03/psychological-association-urges-true-systemic-change-us-culture/|title=American Psychological Association Urges ‘True Systemic Change in U.S. Culture’|work=Breitbart|date=September 3, 2020|accessdate=October 4, 2020}}</ref>  It is unclear how the duty to provide care in the best interests of indivdual patients will be compromised by this new goal of fighting institutional racism or whether white patients will be treated differently that patients of color.

On September 1, 2020, the national professional society of caregivers responsible for the mental health of '''individuals''' in the United States, adopted a resolution calling for “true systemic change in U.S. culture” because of “institutional racism.”<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/03/psychological-association-urges-true-systemic-change-us-culture/|title=American Psychological Association Urges ‘True Systemic Change in U.S. Culture’|work=Breitbart|date=September 3, 2020|accessdate=October 4, 2020}}</ref>  It is unclear how the duty to provide care in the best interests of indivdual patients will be compromised by this new goal of fighting institutional racism or whether white patients will be treated differently that patients of color.