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1470d · Capitalism
The #fuckingcapitalists don't want you to learn just how racist American capitalism and its legal system is.
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Many PoC actually find it harmful to be taught they can not succeed because of their race. There are harms to PoC to teach them this. That said history should be taught.
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No one is being taught that they can't succeed. They're being taught that there are systemic and institutional barriers to succeed that can be eradicated if we choose to do so.
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Yes, and by teaching that there are barriers to success many hear that they cannot succeed. This is what some black scholars are saying.
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Teaching people the truth isn't going to hinder them. Knowledge empowers people. Of course someone who buys government 9/11 narratives wouldn't understand that. Go back to sleep.
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So you would tell black scholars that they are wrong? Sounds more like whitesplaining than actual care about racism.

Telling people they can't succeed does hurt them.
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I would say that any scholar that wants to hide the truth isn't really a scholar but a charlatan. And I doubt you could name a significant number of such black scholars anyway.
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson is not a real scholar to you? He had a couple more on his podcast talking about the problems of CRT.

Teaching the history of racism is not the problem.
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So an astrophysicist and "a couple of dudes on a podcast say that the truth is irrelevant? Try harder.
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They are prominent black scholars. You said I wouldn't be able to find any.

You're just unable to look at the issue on any depth. Teaching history is fine. CRT is counter productive.
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Just because you can cherry pick a couple of quotes doesn't mean that it's the broad consensus among black scholars. Try harder. I'm not falling for your borderline racist bullshit.
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I am not saying what you think I am saying. Teaching CRT theory is fine, but it has been shown that it can be harmful in demoralising black people.
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The truth about America is often fucking demoralizing. The point is to start doing better you idiot. Trying to fucking hide or deny the truth is the opposite of improving black lives.
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You do not have a concept of the truth about America though. You are so lost in classic lies about America that you can not understand how to improve black lives.
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A history of genocide slavery segregation Jim Crow exploitation and the fucking capitalists isn't a fucking lie asshole it's an awful truth. Try reading instead of listening to "news".
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Slavery and such is a part of the real history. Capitalism is why Americans thrive, not anything bad. Your version of history is tainted by your world view.
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America is crumbling under the #fuckingcapitalists not thriving. What the fuck planet do you live on? Stop trying to gaslight me you lying motherfucker. God you're a fucking idiot.
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Can you provide evidence of America crumbling due to capitalism? I can show that every capitalist nation thrives while every socialist country fails. Capitalism helps the people.
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You can't.
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America is 8n a bad place because of the two parties. It's not capitalism, or the right, or the left. It's the two old bullshit parties that people think are the only options.
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"Both parties" all answer to the same #fuckingcapitalists you dipshit. Fuck you and your bullshit propaganda.
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They don't really answer to capitalists. You need to look beyond conspiracy theories if you want to understand the political system. Really to understand any system.
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Every nation that becomes capitalist and democratic improves on all important metrics for human happiness and success. Look at how socialism fails in South American nations.
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"Fails" as in suffers from the #fuckingcapitalists invading or fommenting false revolution or terrorism or coups? God you're so fucking naive. Are you 12 or something? Read a book.
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You really do not understand South America if you think capitalists are their problem, or held them back. The political corruption of communism is disgusting.
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It just so happens that Russian disinformation that made Qanon also is directed at black people to make them think America is more racist than it really is.
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The goal in both cases is to disenfranchise both groups from the Democratic process. To make them think America is the enemy when it's in fact the best place for both groups.