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-->If you are some place and you see another --- family or another human,” it’s okay to talk to them because they are people too.” She added that parents should be encouraging their children to think in this way too: “Definitely don’t ignore another child that looks at you. But actually see that as a point where we can connect.”<--

I did a little rewrite about what I learned during the pandemic lockdowns while enjoying the trails and parks...it was amazing, totally amazing, even just seeing the other person break out in a giant smile was stunning, I imagine they felt the same buzz. Sometimes I wish it was not too weird to exchange info (I didn't) as we met some lovely people. I'm not criticizing the speaker, I am going off on a tangent, I'm just wishing the broader message would be made (in general), to include others in your sense of community; it is a good thing, everyone wins, and it costs nothing, shared activities are always a good start to finding common ground.

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Mar 29, 2022·edited Mar 29, 2022

I’d say some brief analysis would have helped this bit of research.

It’s important to note that most proponents of these ideas — like critical race theory — are *not* “race essentialists”. Rather, they see racial identity grounded in *history* and experience, not “Blackness” per se. CRT, for example, specifically denies “essentialism”. (See Gary Peller on this.)

Also, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva is *not* a proponent of critical race theory. He is a *sociologist* who writes about “white supremacy” within that discipline. His historical analysis is worth reading as it is an example of *another* approach to the subject that is *not* “CRT”.

Nice work.

Cheers

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The fact that there are organizations like this out there is prima facie depressing. Really it is. And now I will have to stop buying Legos. What will be left to buy, soon? So frustrating and so inappropriate.

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The founding member of the black feminist org. The Combahee River Collective, was on a separate webinar Just below the webinar for these affinity groups. Anyhow, if you read the Combahee River Collective central beliefs and goals, you'll notice that every area of critical social justice theory and study up to today has the same goals and uses the same jargon from Combahee ad infinitum. You could copy and paste the entire Combahee River Collective, change the subject to whatever critical something you want, and I'd say the odds of the paper getting published are decent.

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