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Saying No to Critical Race Theory

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CHAPTER

The Second Tenant of Critical Race Theory Is Interest Convergence

Everybody who takes up critical race theory believes racism is tucked away hidden in just about everything and it's their job to look for it constantly. The white fragility concept is a logical consequence of this horrendously bad first tenant that racism is ordinary rather than a parent so instead of seeing racism as something that happens that we wish didn't happen it is seen as the ordinary state of affairs where non-racism if that's even possible would be a parent plus it's got a permanence to it that sticks It's not immediately clear how deep of a trap this first or the second tenant of of critical race theory is of interest convergence.

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