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ck4829

(35,094 posts)
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 10:59 AM Jun 2021

If teaching about race and racism is so horrible, then why use race in application forms at all?

GOP rep. Ralph Norman (From South Carolina) insisted that the country is in the middle of “cultural warfare today,” adding, “Critical race theory asserts that people with white skin are inherently racist, not because of their actions, words, or what they actually believe in their heart—but by virtue of the color of their skin.”

Also from South Carolina, the registration form for adoption/foster parenting...



Since racism has ended, we supposedly live in a "post-racial society", and systemic racism is just a myth; then we can go ahead and say my race and ethnicity should have no bearing, use, or value in adoption/foster parenting and should therefore be deleted from this, yes?

I'm eagerly awaiting for this to happen.

Critical Race Theory

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If teaching about race and racism is so horrible, then why use race in application forms at all? (Original Post) ck4829 Jun 2021 OP
And FFS have you seen college applications these days? JCMach1 Jun 2021 #1
Real life nightmare last night cbabe Jun 2021 #2

JCMach1

(27,583 posts)
1. And FFS have you seen college applications these days?
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 01:14 PM
Jun 2021

My son is half Kenyan (not African American), half a dozen European countries, and Native American.

Got a box to check for that?

cbabe

(3,552 posts)
2. Real life nightmare last night
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 03:01 PM
Jun 2021

was people ripping 'race' pages out of the World Book encyclopedia until only the covers were left.

Marx Brothers did it first in 'Night at the Opera'.

"You can't fool me, there is no sanity clause."

(Someone post link? I don't know how. Thanks.)

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