The Godfather of Critical Race Theory

[Julian]

Derrick Bell wanted to save America — so why have his successors given up?


The Karl Marx of critical race theory was a bespectacled, mild-mannered
man with a slightly whimsical voice. Born a year after Martin Luther
King Jr, Derrick Bell became the first black American to be a tenured
professor at Harvard Law School. It should never have happened: neither
of his parents attended college, and Bell himself had studied at the
relatively undistinguished Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. Today, his
central argument, that racism is a permanent feature of American
society, is now mainstream.

Critical race theory is now widely accepted by the liberal-Left media
and much of academia. It’s not just the bad laws of the Jim Crow south.
And it’s not just a few racist people here and there. Racism is not some
bad apples; it is as American as apple pie...

https://unherd.com/2021/08/anti-racism-is-an-american-dream/

[Noah Sombrero]

Derrick Bell wanted to save America — so why have his successors given up?
The Karl Marx of critical race theory was a bespectacled, mild-mannered
man with a slightly whimsical voice. Born a year after Martin Luther
King Jr, Derrick Bell became the first black American to be a tenured
professor at Harvard Law School. It should never have happened: neither
of his parents attended college, and Bell himself had studied at the
relatively undistinguished Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. Today, his
central argument, that racism is a permanent feature of American
society, is now mainstream.
Critical race theory is now widely accepted by the liberal-Left media
and much of academia. It’s not just the bad laws of the Jim Crow south.
And it’s not just a few racist people here and there. Racism is not some
bad apples; it is as American as apple pie...
https://unherd.com/2021/08/anti-racism-is-an-american-dream/

Fraid so. But the us didn't invent it. Racism is as human as
eyeballs. Also classism, culture clash, and all the rest of it.
--
Noah Sombrero

[ansaman]

Post by Noah Sombrero
Fraid so. But the us didn't invent it. Racism is as human as
eyeballs. Also classism, culture clash, and all the rest of it.

To a very some extent you are correct, but many of the
so-called remedies do not work and perhaps make it worse.

[Noah Sombrero]

Post by ansaman

Post by Noah Sombrero
Fraid so. But the us didn't invent it. Racism is as human as
eyeballs. Also classism, culture clash, and all the rest of it.

To a very some extent you are correct, but many of the
so-called remedies do not work and perhaps make it worse.

True, humans have no idea what to do about it, if they admit the
problem exists, and actually want to do something about it. What
would humans do without eyeballs, after all?

Making it illegal to be racist is a silly solution, for instance.
--
Noah Sombrero

[ansaman]

Post by Noah Sombrero

Post by ansaman

Post by Noah Sombrero
Fraid so. But the us didn't invent it. Racism is as human as
eyeballs. Also classism, culture clash, and all the rest of it.

To a very some extent you are correct, but many of the
so-called remedies do not work and perhaps make it worse.

True, humans have no idea what to do about it, if they admit the
problem exists, and actually want to do something about it. What
would humans do without eyeballs, after all?
Making it illegal to be racist is a silly solution, for instance.

Oh... it is coming. It will be a bludgeon used to make
people adhere to the party line and to eliminate the
nasty cave people with traditional values. Whenever
someone transgresses, every thing they have ever said
will be subject to a jury of judges that will find
and showcase anything they have ever said that can
be used against them and to chase them from their
jobs and their social connections.

Oh wait, that is happening NOW.

[Love]

Derrick Bell wanted to save America — so why have his successors given up?
The Karl Marx of critical race theory was a bespectacled, mild-mannered
man with a slightly whimsical voice. Born a year after Martin Luther
King Jr, Derrick Bell became the first black American to be a tenured
professor at Harvard Law School. It should never have happened: neither
of his parents attended college, and Bell himself had studied at the
relatively undistinguished Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. Today, his
central argument, that racism is a permanent feature of American
society, is now mainstream.
Critical race theory is now widely accepted by the liberal-Left media
and much of academia. It’s not just the bad laws of the Jim Crow south.
And it’s not just a few racist people here and there. Racism is not some
bad apples; it is as American as apple pie...
https://unherd.com/2021/08/anti-racism-is-an-american-dream/

Yeah, well, subtract "race" and you've just got
critical theory, that barfly of philosophy that
promises to get you laid then turns out to be
so sloppy you wouldn't go there with a ten foot
pole.

Critical Theory and everything named to be the
same thing but more specific is just creative
criticism of society from the Frankfurt school
playbook.

The way to challenge it is to tell them all to
get jobs doing something constructive instead
of being sour brainy layabouts all the time
that have nothing positive to contribute.

That applies to social philosophy in general
though it is a great source of intriguing
thought. It should be taught but not often
practiced, like literature and gospel revision.

[Wilson]

Post by Love

Derrick Bell wanted to save America � so why have his successors given up?
The Karl Marx of critical race theory was a bespectacled, mild-mannered
man with a slightly whimsical voice. Born a year after Martin Luther
King Jr, Derrick Bell became the first black American to be a tenured
professor at Harvard Law School. It should never have happened: neither
of his parents attended college, and Bell himself had studied at the
relatively undistinguished Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. Today, his
central argument, that racism is a permanent feature of American
society, is now mainstream.
Critical race theory is now widely accepted by the liberal-Left media
and much of academia. It�s not just the bad laws of the Jim Crow south.
And it�s not just a few racist people here and there. Racism is not some
bad apples; it is as American as apple pie...
https://unherd.com/2021/08/anti-racism-is-an-american-dream/

Yeah, well, subtract "race" and you've just got
critical theory, that barfly of philosophy that
promises to get you laid then turns out to be
so sloppy you wouldn't go there with a ten foot
pole.
Critical Theory and everything named to be the
same thing but more specific is just creative
criticism of society from the Frankfurt school
playbook.
The way to challenge it is to tell them all to
get jobs doing something constructive instead
of being sour brainy layabouts all the time
that have nothing positive to contribute.
That applies to social philosophy in general
though it is a great source of intriguing
thought. It should be taught but not often
practiced, like literature and gospel revision.

Approved.