The Critical Race Theory professor and the logic of the left – The New Neo

The Critical Race Theory professor and the logic of the left – The New Neo
"…Trump’s move [to end Critical Race training in federal agencies] is viewed as a mortal threat by the CRT movement. 
One of the leading academics on CRT, UCLA and Columbia law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, certainly is worried. 
Crenshaw, my former law school classmate who invented the term and ideology of intersectionality, tweeted in desperation that she wondered if CRT’s allies would come to their assistance:
“So woke up to the news that CRT is banned as the greatest threat to Western Civilization. This is McCarthyism 101. 
I’ve often wondered what our allies would do when they came for us. Now we’ll see.”
Cutting off funding is the same as being jailed. Oh, yeah.
But hyperbole is the coin of the leftist realm. 
Trump hasn’t banned CRT. 
Nor do I recall that he, in connection with this nonexistent banning, called it “the greatest threat to Western Civilization.” 
However, it actually is a threat to Western Civilization and its basic principles, as well as a device to stir up racial enmity rather than damp it down.

From Judge Richard Posner:

What is most arresting about critical race theory is that…it turns its back on the Western tradition of rational inquiry, forswearing analysis for narrative. Rather than marshal logical arguments and empirical data, critical race theorists tell stories – fictional, science-fictional, quasi-fictional, autobiographical, anecdotal – designed to expose the pervasive and debilitating racism of America today.

Critical race theory started in the law schools, and although it was somewhat after my sojourn there, I followed it with alarm...Read all!

NOTE: Last night, Tucker Carlson did a piece on Critical Race Theory. 
Well worth a look: