CRT with Mallory Morken

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• Since the 1970’s-80’s • One of multiple theoretical perspectives • Beyond the personal–it’s structural • Challenges the status quo

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• Personal troubles as public issues • Blame the victim

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• Our personal choices shaped by society • Challenges the “bootstraps” narrative

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Laws are neutral

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Play by the rules and everything works out

Laws written to maintain dominance

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Unequal outcomes

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Procedure & good intentions

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Bias in law maintains racism

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Laws are applied equally

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Colorblindness

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Individual rights

Race is a social construct, racism is structural, and systemic racism is our past & present

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Group interests – shared liberation

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It’s science, not dogma • Sentencing • Hiring • Housing

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• “Indoctrinating students”; “political” • “Teaching kids to hate one another” • “Blaming white people for the world’s problems” • “Anti-American” • “CRT *is* racism!”

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• Presented as one of multiple perspectives • Teaching history honestly • Essays: students choose! Nothing is forced.

• Connecting theoretical perspectives with narratives & policies in the real world

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• Uprisings since last summer • Reparations • 2020 election & fearing GOP losses (read: losing power)