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Banning Critical Race Theory

Horkheimer: “The critical theory of society is, in its totality, the unfolding of a single existential judgment. To put it in broad terms, the theory says that the basic form of the historically given commodity economy on which modern history rests contains in itself the internal and external tensions of the modern era; it generates these tensions over and over again in an increasingly heightened form; and after a period of progress, development of human powers, and emancipation for the individual, after an enormous extension of human control over nature, it finally hinders further development and drives humanity into a new barbarism.”
 
I saw this posted the other day on a Reddit thread and had never seen it, you look at it and go holy shit this was only 35 years ago a lot of these people are probably still around if their poor lifestyle habits haven’t killed them yet.

 
TenaciousKory said:
Horkheimer: “The critical theory of society is, in its totality, the unfolding of a single existential judgment. To put it in broad terms, the theory says that the basic form of the historically given commodity economy on which modern history rests contains in itself the internal and external tensions of the modern era; it generates these tensions over and over again in an increasingly heightened form; and after a period of progress, development of human powers, and emancipation for the individual, after an enormous extension of human control over nature, it finally hinders further development and drives humanity into a new barbarism.”
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This is a paragraph with an insane comma-to-period ratio and as many semicolons as periods. This is why people hate theorists.
 
Louis Gossett Jr said:
I saw this posted the other day on a Reddit thread and had never seen it, you look at it and go holy shit this was only 35 years ago a lot of these people are probably still around if their poor lifestyle habits haven’t killed them yet.
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It's very likely this is the same Frank Shirley in that video. Looks similar and owns a business less than an hour from Forsyth Co.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-shirley-614a884b/



These pictures from 1956 have been making the rounds on social media.
https://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/gordon-parks/photography-archive/segregation-in-the-south-1956

This picture sticks with me.


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My mom's turned 72 today. The little girl to the left of the colored water fountain is probably the same age my mom was. My mom is 4.5 years older than Ruby Bridges.

Segregated water fountains were legal until 1964. A lot of your parents and definitely grandparents and plenty of Congresspeople over our lifetimes grew up drinking from whites only water fountains, using whites only bathrooms, attending whites only schools, etc. That had to stay with them.

Only in the last two decades or so have we been electing white politicians who attended integrated schools. Plenty of white politicians nowadays still attended heavily segregated private schools.
 
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Louis Gossett Jr said:
I saw this posted the other day on a Reddit thread and had never seen it, you look at it and go holy shit this was only 35 years ago a lot of these people are probably still around if their poor lifestyle habits haven’t killed them yet.

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Man, you take away the hard N’s and the explicit references to race and that video could be now. The same supposed fears of communism, morals etc added in to launder naked racism. Southern strategy at its finest.
 
35 years later and people are slightly more wary of saying N-word on camera now. That's... progress?
 
DeacHead said:
35 years later and people are slightly more wary of saying N-word on camera now. That's... progress?
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Apparent Joe Rogan has been saying it for the last decade and generated a huge following.
 
This entire saga about the teaching of "critical race theory", which in my thinking is fact and not theory, has me convinced that not much has changed in the hearts of white people. And it's at the level of the heart where real change takes place. "Things are so much better than they were 60 years ago, because black people can drink from my water fountain". That's it? This nation remains as racist as ever.
 
[h=1]We are deeply and profoundly sorry: For decades, The Baltimore Sun promoted policies that oppressed Black Marylanders; we are working to make amends[/h]
https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinio...0220218-qp32uybk5bgqrcnd732aicrouu-story.html

Among the paper’s offenses:



  • Classified ads selling enslaved people or offering rewards for their return, the first of which appeared just two months after the paper’s launch in May 1837;
  • Editorials in the early 1900s seeking to disenfranchise Black voters because, as The Sun opinion writers wrote, “the exclusion of the ignorant and thriftless negro vote will make for better political conditions” and to support racial segregation in neighborhoods to preserve what Sun writers called the “dominant and superior” white race;
  • A failure to hire any African American journalists before the 1950s, and too few Black journalists ever since;
  • The identification of Black people by race in articles into the early 1960s, until progressive readers threatened to cancel their subscriptions if the labels weren’t removed;
  • A reliance by too many of us for too long on the word of law enforcement over that of Black residents who said they were being improperly targeted by police;
  • A 2002 editorial dismissal of African American lawyer Michael Steele, running mate to gubernatorial candidate Robert Ehrlich, as bringing “little to the team but the color of his skin”;
  • A dearth of stories about issues relevant and important to non-white communities, and a failure to feature Black residents in stories of achievement and inspiration, rather than crime and poverty, on a level proportionate to that of their white counterparts.



The paper’s prejudice hurt people. It hurt families, it hurt communities, and it hurt the nation as a whole by prolonging and propagating the notion that the color of someone’s skin has anything to do with their potential or their worth to the wider world.


The Sun’s bigotry also hurt its business. It cost the paper readership and community credibility, particularly in Baltimore City, where the African American population swelled from about a fifth of residents when Abell founded the paper, to more than 60% today. Distrust of The Sun has been handed down through generations of Black Marylanders, deservedly so.
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Among the paper’s offenses:



  • Classified ads selling enslaved people or offering rewards for their return, the first of which appeared just two months after the paper’s launch in May 1837;
  • Editorials in the early 1900s seeking to disenfranchise Black voters because, as The Sun opinion writers wrote, “the exclusion of the ignorant and thriftless negro vote will make for better political conditions” and to support racial segregation in neighborhoods to preserve what Sun writers called the “dominant and superior” white race;
  • A failure to hire any African American journalists before the 1950s, and too few Black journalists ever since;
  • The identification of Black people by race in articles into the early 1960s, until progressive readers threatened to cancel their subscriptions if the labels weren’t removed;
  • A reliance by too many of us for too long on the word of law enforcement over that of Black residents who said they were being improperly targeted by police;
  • A 2002 editorial dismissal of African American lawyer Michael Steele, running mate to gubernatorial candidate Robert Ehrlich, as bringing “little to the team but the color of his skin”;
  • A dearth of stories about issues relevant and important to non-white communities, and a failure to feature Black residents in stories of achievement and inspiration, rather than crime and poverty, on a level proportionate to that of their white counterparts.



The paper’s prejudice hurt people. It hurt families, it hurt communities, and it hurt the nation as a whole by prolonging and propagating the notion that the color of someone’s skin has anything to do with their potential or their worth to the wider world.



The Sun’s bigotry also hurt its business. It cost the paper readership and community credibility, particularly in Baltimore City, where the African American population swelled from about a fifth of residents when Abell founded the paper, to more than 60% today. Distrust of The Sun has been handed down through generations of Black Marylanders, deservedly so.
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The Sun strongly criticized Lincoln’s election, claiming the new president would “rule with authority” over slave states that rejected “his principles and avowed policy as in direct conflict with their constitutional rights.”
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That's familiar.

After the war ended and the Union won, the paper accepted the outcome as a practical matter. But instead of focusing on integration, it frequently sought to advance segregation and cement the idea that Black citizens were second-class at best.
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And, in case that didn’t make the point, the paper followed up on Election Day with a “last word” for the “intelligent white voter.” It urged him to “purify the electorate” by voting for the suffrage amendment: “You can make Maryland a white man’s State, and make each and every white man’s vote count instead of being killed by an illiterate negro’s ballot.”
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Columnist in the Lexington Herald-Leader in Kentucky pokes fun at Kentucky's new education direction. Sadly, it's probably what many parents want real history teachers to teach.

Good morning, class! I’m your new social studies teacher. I’m here because your old social studies teacher quit after the Kentucky General Assembly passed a law to restore traditional ideas and conservative values to the study of history and current events. Our legislators don’t want you or your parents to be upset by anything you read or hear in school, especially if you’re from a family that votes Republican.

They have written a new social studies curriculum for us to use. Now, like your parents, legislators aren’t history or education experts, but experts just make things complicated. If you memorize everything in the curriculum and don’t ask questions, you’ll do just fine in class. So let’s get started.

Today I’m going to talk about our perfect nation’s history since the Civil War. This war happened a long time ago and isn’t relevant to anything today, except for the statues of patriotic heroes some people want to tear down. Here’s what happened: liberals attacked Kentucky and other conservative states and made all the dark-skinned helpers leave our farms, homes and factories. That was a shame, because the helpers were happy and their work was good for the economy.

You may have heard some people were mean to their helpers. Let me assure you that most helpers were treated very well, especially in Kentucky. You will learn more about how happy those helpers were when you go to music class and sing traditional songs by a man named Stephen Foster. One of them is Kentucky’s official state song. It has a beautiful melody! Just don’t think too hard about the words.

Now, some people have called those helpers slaves. While that was technically correct, you should understand that most masters treated their helpers like family. Even so, it’s important to remember that slavery was always contrary to American values, even if it was legal for 246 years.

Our Founding Fathers, who were perfect men, signed a document in 1776 called the Declaration of Independence. It clearly stated that “all men are created equal” and are entitled by God to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” The Founding Fathers meant exactly what they wrote, even if they owned helpers themselves. But here’s the main thing you need to know about slavery: it happened a long time ago and isn’t relevant to anything today. We all should forget about it and move on.

After the Civil War, our leaders agreed it was best for everyone to hang out only with people of their own skin color. Everyone liked things that way, until liberals caused trouble again. Black people started complaining that they were treated unfairly by white people, the government and even private businesses, which we all know should be able to do whatever they want.

When your grandparents were young, there was a Black minister named Martin Luther King. He had a dream and said people should be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. He was right, of course, and everyone agreed with him. Well, except for the man who shot him. But never mind that; it isn’t relevant to anything today.

The important thing to remember about Martin Luther King’s time is that civil rights laws were passed and they ended racism. If people aren’t successful today, it’s because they don’t work hard enough. Now, you may hear outside this class that some people, institutions and systems are still racist. But as our new curriculum clearly explains, that is fake news. We are all equal now!

So, in summary, while there may have been some racism in the past, it was over a long time ago. Racism has nothing to do with anything happening today. Our patriotic legislators are sure of that, and you should be sure of it, too. Thank you for your attention, and for not asking questions. I could get in big trouble if I tried to answer questions. Class dismissed!

Link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/ky-republican-legislators-want-rewrite-133655902.html
 
Two things I'd add:
1. Our Founding Fathers were appointed by God, just like Donald Trump.
2. After the MLK paraphrase, add "that's why we don't see race anymore."
 
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