Nearly everything I knew about CRT came from its critics, so I decided to read about it from one of its celebrated defenders. Richard Delgado's name came up a lot as just such a source, and the book sells cheap, so... I'm reading it now. And I'm a finding exactly what the critics have said I would, because it's shockingly dumb!
I'm about 55 pages in, and I've started placing bookmarks on every section that indulges an idiotic argument and/or blatant lapses of logic. This can't go on, however, because the book is beginning to swell.
For example:
The author claims a racially motivated double standard because "hate speech," which, ostensibly, primarily offends minorities, is legal. Yet there are laws against fraud, libel, and slander, which, again, ostensibly, primarily protect white people. Is this a real argument? Do I have to break it down, or is it obviously stupid to everyone but him?
He claims that racial discrimination is in evidence at used car dealerships because black women tend to pay more for used cars than white men (no idea where he gets that data). But, of course, everyone has to negotiate their own car deals, and it's absurd to suggest that car dealers want to make less money from white men than from black women. If the women pay more, it's because they are lousy negotiators.
But here is the big one, so far: The author rejects the application of reason, logic, and science to questions regarding race and social issues. Why? Because he doesn't like the results! In its stead, he advocates "storytelling" as the path to truth and justice.
We're not supposed to examine questions surrounding race and racism from a logical standpoint. We're supposed to hear each individuals story (his "truth") and respond to that (Respond how? He doesnt explain. That would require logic.). The author begins this section by bemoaning the common (and persuasive) argument against reparations for slavery; that no one alive has ever been a slave, and no one alive has ever been a slaveholder. He doesn't logically examine and reject this reasoning. He rejects reasoning itself! Logic doesnt give me the answer I want. Logic must be wrong!
Wow, this book is dumb! And it's taken hold in academia, which tells you how dumb these "intellectuals" really are.
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