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Originally Posted by JerryLBell

From what I've read, critical race theory is really two ideas.

The first is that the very idea of race is not based on biology or science of any kind. There's nothing about the physiology of humans that neatly divides humanity into categories like "white", "black", "Asian", etc. The attempts to divide people into these categories were done societally, not scientifically.

The second idea is that American history shows us that governments put in place in the Americas by European settlers were and continue to be racist in nature. To steal land away from the indigenous people, governments put into place laws that made those peoples have fewer or any rights and encouraged the suppression of those peoples. Prior to the industrial revolution, manual labor was vital and slave labor was cheaper than paid labor, so laws were put into place to allow kidnapping, torturing and enslaving peoples from other countries, especially Africa. Laws were put into place over time to exclude Asians. During World War II, people of Japanese heritage were robbed of their properties and imprisoned while people of German heritage were not. Even after the emancipation of enslaved people in America, voting rights were suppressed and continue to be so to this day.

Critical race theory doesn't paint an artificially pretty picture of American history or governance. If you read history deeply, however, it is probably a more accurate picture. Does this divide people? Possibly. Some people are averse to learning unpleasant truths. I've always thought that true patriotism wasn't blindly loving ones country, right or wrong but rather wanting the best for and out of ones country, realizing when ones country was wrong or doing wrong and changing it for the better even if that involves discomfort and hard work.

America isn't perfect and never was. It gets better over time, despite occasional backsliding. I hope it continues to get better and better in the future. Pretending we are and have been perfect won't help us get there.

But that's just my opinion.

Interesting view. I think everyone knows that our country is not perfect and never has been. I was taught in school about America's history, being raised in Texas it was mandatory to study Texas history along with American and world history. I learned about the good and the bad. We are all aware that the Europeans took land from the American Indians and we were taught back then not to hate our country but to acknowledge it's history, the good with the bad and to try to change the bad and work for the good. We were taught to be patriotic and to pray. The problem now is our kids aren't being taught the good, just the bad. They are not being told the truth about communism, marxism or socialism or that since the beginning of time there have been people who were enslaved and mistreated. America didn't invent slavery. They aren't being taught about the world wars or the holocaust because it "upsets" them. They are being indoctrinated to despise their country. If a student is white, they are taught to be ashamed of their race and white children are being traumatized by this! Suddenly if you are white, you are inherently racist and should be ashamed of your family and your ancestors. It's just wrong. Nothing will change the fact that there are people of different races, people who come from different parts of the world and who have different cultures and different appearances. Everyone knows the difference when they see an Asian, a white person or a black person. I think that every adult realizes we are all the same on the inside, so this anatomy and physiology lesson you have given is like preaching to the choir. Just my opinion