Q: Which is better Nothing or Very Very Little?
Here is a thoughtful & thought provoking podcast from REV & Co.
Tye, Rob, and Karl recap the 2021 legislative session, talking about the win and the many losses of the year, what they mean, and what needs to be done going forward.
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Some liberals have problems with some aspects of CRT, 1619 being one of them. It’s probably unhealthy to dismiss anti-CRT as just a republican thing.
If anyone has a problem with CRT b/c of 1619 they don’t understand what they’re talking about.
#1. 1619 Project isn’t CRT.
#2. I critique CRT from Marxist perspective as essentialism, which I disagree with.
Reactionaries have no idea what either of these mean.
This is why I need to do a full episode on it with some heavy hitters. Hardly anyone knows what they’re talking about.
Not to worry though. I’m booking a superstar on this topic.
There’s actual CRT, and then there’s the use of it as a catch-all term for general uppityness. Non-academics are almost always talking about the latter.
R.E. Vanella: 1619 is clearly derived from CRT thinking. I’m not saying any CRT theorist specifically called for a1619 project. Didn’t have to. I’m pretty sure I’ve read at least as much about CRT (though not Marxism) as you have.
Some of its essays are derived from aspects of CRT. Most are just history.
Plenty of academics have problems with CRT. I do agree that most critics on the right don’t actually know much about it.