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that would be the antithesis of CRT-- which posits that race is at the center of lived experience in America... liberals like James Lindsay in fact bat against essentializing race the way CRT does. CRT literally undoes the famous quote of Dr King about judging others by their character and not by their skin color-- CRT insists on judging everybody by their skin color.

Linday is a self-avowed and publicly known liberal, and a scholar (doctorate in math), certainly not a "right wing propagandist" as you seem to think he is.

so cash bail is only imposed on people of certain race?

So apparently Longhorn went to the google school? If Goebbels referenced something, it means there is no other reference to it? There is literally an entire set of scholarship devoted to cultural Marxism. Here's just one essay: https://pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/kellner/essays/culturalmarxism.pdf

I haven't cited Fox or Prager, not that citation to either of those by itself would be enough to "cancel" the issue of DEI imposition. Redlining was also imposed against Irish and Italian neighborhoods in most major cities. And if you want to talk about how to make it better, you first have to accept that America of today is not the America of 1619 or 1921, that we have improved and continue to improve. CRT doesn't accept that change, and wants to throw out the baby with the bath water. If white people fled cities post-war, leading to impoverished and disinvested areas of majority black (or hispanic), then are you happier now that there is a beeline of white (and other) folks coming back into the cities? Most people with a leftist ideological bent call this "gentrification" and are dead set against it. So then, you're bad if you do and bad if you don't. I wonder where white people should live without their choice being labeled as fundamentally racist.

Notice that I never referred to the Frankfurt School. You can deflect and argue via smears, but apparently not on facts. Too bad. There is nothing antisemitic in my posts, not even any intent. To read into it is itself pretty idiotic and lazy.

I'm myself not white, and in fact a racial minority. So I'd "benefit" from a full implementation of CRT. However, I have seen similar ideologies implemented elsewhere in the world, and it does not lead to a good place. I sure hope America (and UT, and A&M too, obviously) isn't winding down that path. "Systemic racism" is indeed an assertion, an argument by assertion, forwarded by CRT. It simply doesn't bear out in most walks of life in America. If CRT backers allow that America has progressed on the issues of race even since 1960s, then they would literally undo their scholarship; therefore, they must insist that we're not living in year 2021; that for some Americans, it might as well be 1921 or 1821. Here's a quick two paragraphs from Richard Delgado's seminal book on the subject-- I believe it is a textbook used in every class on this subject at university level: "What Is Critical Race Theory? The critical race theory (CRT) movement is a collection ofactivists and scholars interested in studying and transform-ing the relationship among race, racism, and power. The2|Introduction movement considers many of the same issues that conven-tional civil rights and ethnic studies discourses take up, butplaces them in a broader perspective that includes econom-ics, history, context, group- and self-interest, and even feel-ings and the unconscious. Unlike traditional civil rights,which embraces incrementalism and step-by-step progress,critical race theory questions the very foundations of the liberal order, including equality theory, legal reasoning, En-lightenment rationalism, and neutral principles of constitu-tional law." https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5441df7ee4b02f59465d2869/t/5d8e9fdec6720c0557cf55fa/1569628126531/DELGADO++Critical+Race+Theory.pdf

For those who want to know more about Critical Theory and its history, this conversation is as good a start as any:

that's not MY writing-- that's the copy from youtube's description of the video, so that would be by the guy in the youtube video, Dr. James Lindsay (who is not an aggy). Follow along.

I don't have to answer to you separately; read what I posted elsewhere-- one issue with CRT (and other critical theories and postmodernism which deals with power structures and how to deconstruct it) is that it essentializes race to the exclusion of individualism. Beyond that, it also sees no progress in America as far as racial issues are concerned.

If you believe in it, then why would it be "scary" to you?!

CRT posits that any differential outcomes are the result of race, and that America is systemically a racist society. It provides next to zero credence to individualism, to each person's personal agency to effect their own life.

CRT is an evolution of postmodernism and of cultural Marxism-- the modifier "cultural" to Marxism being needed since Marxism deals primarily with issues of money (haves vs have nots) whereas CRT (and certain thinkers in postmodernism) puts the Marxist trope onto race. There is adequately detailed information available on CRT by cogent thinkers online; it's not hard to understand that it is at its core a divisive ideology.

Let's see if I can actually post a live link to the youtube video I'm hoping you'll watch and then share your thoughts on! hah

Not sure whether this is the right forum to share this news and analysis of UT-Austin's new campus-wide plan to implement diversity, equity, and inclusiveness (DEI), which is a flagship method of acting out the Critical Race Theory. If it is, continue on and check out this youtube link. If not, delete and disregard. ---- Following in the footsteps of The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, he University of Texas, Austin, has initiated a campus-wide plan to force diversity, equity, and inclusivity into the administrative operation of the university, particularly in hiring, promotions, recognition, and awards. This is a bold step by the university administration in making the university functionally religious and, more importantly, unmaking the university as an educational institution. Of course, this isn't to pick on UT Austin. Most universities are doing the same thing to themselves now, much to our detriment as a society. So are most companies, schools, churches, and everything else. The ideas are shallow and functionally identical, so even if UT Austin isn't interesting to you, these kinds of plans are likely to be infecting something closer to your life. In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, James Lindsay takes this jargon-heavy plan (http://bit.ly/UTAustinDEI) and reads through it, breaking it down so that people outside of the inner circle of UT Austin's diversicracy can make sense of what these plans entail. The short answer is an ideological reworking of the institution to make it into something it never should have been: a seminary to a new totalizing ideology that is taking over our society and poisoning our minds. Join Dr. Lindsay as he reads through this document and breaks down exactly why the requirements it entails amount to creating de facto discrimination, quotas in employment and advancement, and wholesale corruption that is to be enabled by a raft of expensive new equity commissars who add nothing of value to the institution. If UT Austin is something close to your life, this might be especially alarming and informative to you, as it is setting itself on the same path that destroyed The Evergreen State College in 2017. If not, you'll still find much value in the discussion of this document because something approaching a facsimile is likely to be in place or in the works wherever you learn, work, or worship. James's goal in this episode of the podcast is to inform you about what these documents really entail wherever they arise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA0xKcENvmg

Cubes at linebacker are allsome.

Not much LSU pumping about Sategna over at SEC Rant. His parents were track and field folks at LSU when Pat Henry was there, their T&F coach. Pat has been at A&M and famously turned an also-ran (pun intended) program into a national competitor in mens and womens T&F, winning several national championships already. LSU also doesn't break a sweat in recruiting wide receivers, so hopefully they won't pursue a low 4-star. Besides, they already have a higher ranked, small, fast dude at WR in their class aside from two other WRs. USC, considering it seems a random choice for a kid from Texas/Arkansas with Louisiana parents, seems like more of a threat, unless there is some connection to USC. USC has a good T&F program too. If A&M can hold on to Sategna, I'll take that as a bit of a payback for Kary Vincent, Jr... although Vincent Jr not going to his dad's school is more of a blame on Sumlin's putrid D than on Vincent Sr not impressing on his kid to go to A&M. You gotta have the right opportunities and can't expect a legacy to just come on down, regardless-- though there are some of those too who live in maroon (or burnt orange) houses.

Perhaps Kansas should adopt the Costanza stance...

Looks to be pretty awesome. https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/redbreast/redbreast-12-year-old-whiskey/ Thanks, will look for it once I'm done with my Kinsey 10 year old. http://whiskeyenthusiasts.com/whiskey/kinsey-american-whiskey-10-year/

I prefer single malt scotch and have been discovering bourbons. Maybe time to taste test some Irish stuff

Cowboys, Eagles, TO. Oh, my. #ThatsMyQuarterback.gif

BTW, apparently Jameson is also considering A&M. Or perhaps, my Ags should consider (taking up the habit of) Jameson.

The TIFWIW line. Sounds like something George Costanza might have invented. Or perhaps Cosmo Kramer.

Miami seems to be in the mix for several recruits this year that UT and A&M are pursuing. That program resurrecting? Or money talks? Or a great official visit destination? Some combination of the above?

Wade...reminds me of this Wade.