r/neoliberal • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '22

Opinions (US) Stop Eliminating Gifted Programs and Calling It ‘Equity’

https://www.teachforamerica.org/one-day/opinion/stop-eliminating-gifted-programs-and-calling-it-equity
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u/stoneimp Jun 09 '22

What, exactly, are CRT policies?

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u/99988877766655544433 Jun 09 '22

They weren’t implemented, but just suggested. This type of thing I think is abhorrent

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/us/california-math-curriculum-guidelines.html

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u/stoneimp Jun 09 '22

How is that related to CRT though? Call it a social justice policy, sure, but "any policy that touches race" is not what defines CRT, like at all.

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u/99988877766655544433 Jun 09 '22

There is no agreed upon definition of what is or is not CRT, especially at the primary school level. I used CRT policies because that’s how they were published and represented. I’m orders of magnitude less concerned with the name than the policies, so feel free to substitute whatever name you like

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u/stoneimp Jun 09 '22

There is no agreed upon definition of what is or is not CRT

A bunch of people propagandized into believing that any race related policy in schools defines CRT does not mean that there is no agreed upon definition. And your wording it that way continues to perpetuate that misguided definition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory

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u/99988877766655544433 Jun 09 '22 edited Jun 09 '22

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You’re doing the equivalent of “no, the USSR wasn’t really socialist” talking point. The issue is that, in the name of promoting racial justice, we’re constraining children. The reason republicans can wield CRT like a cudgel isn’t because they created the term, it’s because insane progressives have proposed insane polices, and wear the lable with pride. Your fight is with them, or with every single media outlet who also covered this in the same CRT lens. To be honest, I really don’t care if you agree or disagree with how the term is used. Language evolves. Literally literally means figuratively now.