Because humans only produce like minded offspring, incapable of forming their own thoughts opinions and values. There has never been political tension between generations over schema shifts that also don’t happen.
E: big heckin /s in case that wasn’t obvious
The point is that CRT is important because white people have often been fed a version of reality that has been heavily edited to make racism seem less impactful than it actually was/is at best.
If Grandma is telling you that people of color were lesser human beings back in the day or “uppity” and all that scholastic history teaches is “Racism was a thing, but then MLK and it all got better!” It devalues the entire lesson.
you seem to not be taking the piss, so i’ll clarify.
Because humans only produce like minded offspring, incapable of forming their own thoughts opinions and values. There has never been political tension between generations over schema shifts that also don’t happen.
the non-sarcastic version of this sentiment shouldn’t be so easily confused with “racism has been defeated”. racism clearly hasn’t been defeated, i wager it will never be defeated. that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do our best to correct wrongs of the past.
if you’re denying that there’s social progress and positive change with every new generation i don’t know what to tell you.
No, what you said is**:** “Because humans only produce like minded offspring, incapable of forming their own thoughts opinions and values. There has never been political tension between generations over schema shifts that also don’t happen.”
Which, based on your replies, means you think that critical race theory says that humans are incapable of change and are just carbon copies of their parents values and beliefs (it doesn’t). Which either means you have no idea what you’re talking about or you’re shit-stirring. Which, I guess we took the bait, congrats.
No it’s not. It’s not passed down in the genes. It’s something you’re taught. The people who provided someone’s genes (parents) may frequently be the ones who teach them as kids. But, for it to be heritable would mean that the child of a KKK member raised by Freedom Riders would end up racist because it was in his genes.
Because humans only produce like minded offspring, incapable of forming their own thoughts opinions and values. There has never been political tension between generations over schema shifts that also don’t happen. E: big heckin /s in case that wasn’t obvious
The point is that CRT is important because white people have often been fed a version of reality that has been heavily edited to make racism seem less impactful than it actually was/is at best.
If Grandma is telling you that people of color were lesser human beings back in the day or “uppity” and all that scholastic history teaches is “Racism was a thing, but then MLK and it all got better!” It devalues the entire lesson.
My grandma still jumps to the disgusting “immigrants bring diseases with them!” and then goes “oh my look at the time, I need to catch Mass.”
…what the fuck grandma? Jesus means everything and nothing to you?
Hope you call her out on that.
^ A foolish response
I believe it was Albert Einstein who said: “You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.”
As opposed to falling down from a coconut tree?
Well, there are only so many places in the world where coconut trees can grow… Although they’re increasing.
bitch you’re not your parents
It’s remarkable. When the insult is removed from your argument, it somehow becomes even less intelligent.
what’s truly remarkable is the level of idiotic group think on this platform
Which group-thoughts offended you?
Hold on, let me microwave some popcorn.
all i said is, you’re different from your parents and i’ve apparently become guilty of thought crimes.
i take an enormous amount of pleasure knowing you have zero power in the real world
You forgot the “bitch” part.
Don’t worry. You’re not on trial here. Implying that racism has been defeated (and so easily) is what has drawn the negative attention.
What is this? Are you trying out an insult? Okay. I’ll let you have that one.
you seem to not be taking the piss, so i’ll clarify.
the non-sarcastic version of this sentiment shouldn’t be so easily confused with “racism has been defeated”. racism clearly hasn’t been defeated, i wager it will never be defeated. that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do our best to correct wrongs of the past.
if you’re denying that there’s social progress and positive change with every new generation i don’t know what to tell you.
No, what you said is**:** “Because humans only produce like minded offspring, incapable of forming their own thoughts opinions and values. There has never been political tension between generations over schema shifts that also don’t happen.”
Which, based on your replies, means you think that critical race theory says that humans are incapable of change and are just carbon copies of their parents values and beliefs (it doesn’t). Which either means you have no idea what you’re talking about or you’re shit-stirring. Which, I guess we took the bait, congrats.
i didn’t say that. i said, and i quote,
Racism is highly heritable. This comports to the research, personal observation, and common sense.
The observation that it’s not 100% heritable is obtuse. Height is only 60-80% heritable.
No it’s not. It’s not passed down in the genes. It’s something you’re taught. The people who provided someone’s genes (parents) may frequently be the ones who teach them as kids. But, for it to be heritable would mean that the child of a KKK member raised by Freedom Riders would end up racist because it was in his genes.
Many of these people are are still alive and voting. No one is saying generational trends can’t be broken.
There is also not one single shred of evidence that exists to show that parents teach their beliefs to their children.
Not one piece of evidence.
slash ess
It’s a little hard to interpret the level of sarcasm in your comment, which is why I think it’s caused so much disagreement.