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wydrah posted...

Here's Wikipedia's definition of critical theory: "Critical theory (also capitalized as Critical Theory)[1] is an approach to social philosophy that focuses on reflective assessment and critique of society and culture in order to reveal and challenge power structures."

I recall hearing a while back that racism was redefined as prejudice plus power. My critism of anti-racism is that it only cares about the power aspect of that definition. Instead of denouncing the prejudice aspect it's treated as a useful tool to exert power over society. I believe in the classical definition that racism is discrimination on the basis of race. Under this definition anti-racists are more descriminatory and more obsessed with race than the average person.

wydrah posted...

As Derrick Bell wrote in one of the essays I mentioned above: "Criticism brings awareness."

Yet it's been made taboo to criticize anti-racism.
Here's another quote, though I don't know by whom: "To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize."

Mead posted...

I dont think most liberal people are even trying to adamantly defend it, a lot of us had never even heard of it before conservatives started losing their minds about it

I dont think most liberal people know what's really going on in politics. I consider myself liberal because I oppose the authoritarianism shown on the left. Though I suspect that by liberal you meant the political left.

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