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claude ferrell varner's avatar

It seems to me that CRT is saying that the biggest determinant in one's life is one's race. I would agree that race is a very important issue, but It seems to me that one's values are the most important determinant in one's life. If one truly values education, hard work, family, honesty, modesty, thrift, and aspiration, one has an excellent chance of "succeeding" in our society no matter what the race. It may be easier for whites, but others with these values can flourish.

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Dave Nelson's avatar

IMO the very concept of race has no more validity than does astrology. Our societal problem is that racism IS real and IMO it occurs because America has marinated in the false idea that race is a real concept for 5 centuries.

Teach the historical facts, teach that the idea of race is complete B.S., teach how racism today harms everyone, and teach how our use of dog-whistle words perpetuate the false idea that race is a valid concept.

We have have ancestry, most of us can point to other places in the world. That's factual. Let's honor those facts and not let them be new code words for a B.S. concept.

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