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Lokarin posted...

ya, which is why I used a nuclear analogy - just because the cleanup is complete and the problem solved doesn't mean there isn't longstanding fallout

That's also why I brought up my question. Because it's like accusing someone who worked there of having brought about the destruction of said plant when they were just a janitor there. CRT is basically saying that everyone who ever worked at said plant is responsible for the deformed babies when, the reality is, most of the people who did work there were just doing their job. While a portion are certainly responsible, making a blanket statement like 'all people who worked there caused this' is insane and accuses a lot of innocent people of being complacent in something they likely didn't even know was a thing. Likewise, just because said radiation-affected children exist doesn't mean we should be shaming the children who weren't for 'having a better life'.

Thing is, both of those things are what's happening with CRT. People are being treated like monsters for 'benefiting from the system' or what have you and basically supporting these institutions when the reality is that the vast majority were just people trying to survive and get by in life. Likewise it's punishing people who weren't even alive at the time for things that their parents/grandpartents/etc did.

This isn't to say that said radiation-affected children't don't exist. You are right and there is a 'problem' that needs fixing. It's that blaming the janitor for management's mistake is wrong (I.E. blame the actually racist people, not the people who were just trying to get by) as well as their kids who weren't even alive then is wrong as well. Two wrongs don't make a right.