I’m a conservative. I don’t mind the liberal stuff here. It’s good to learn the other side, but I don’t want a liberal echo chamber. I’d like to be more politically balanced in the fediverse. Is there any way I can do that?

  • Falmarri@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So that just tells us that McWhorter doesn’t know what CRT is either apparently

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      1 year ago

      I’m pretty sure that he does know what it is. As I said I don’t agree with many of his arguments, but they are nonetheless cogent and reasoned arguments.

      He claims for example that CRT proponents are mostly white liberal elites who just want to demonstrate their anti-racist credentials. He also makes the point that CRT ultimately harms blacks and people of color by implicitly lowering standards for those groups. The “soft racism of low expectations”. These are valid criticisms.

      Instead of dismissing him as ignorant, (as so many of us liberals often do), it’s better to engage and try to refute what he claims.