Critical race theory: Experts break down what it actually means

This is the 5th "critical race theory explained" video I've watched and I'm still no closer to understanding their exact points. All I know is that it's a bunch of people who think the system is to blame. Is that correct? The system is racist, not the people?

Did I miss something? Did anyone explain CRT? Seems like they only explained the goals. Like saying a car is where you need to go to a store, or to school. And not get wet. And how we have a history of going places but don't talk about it. It is assumed. All those words and no explanation of what we are actually talking about.

The main thing I learned from being a teacher is "don't be a teacher." This is my advice to anyone considering teaching.

Black folks shouldn't entrust the entire education of their kids to the schools only. Why would they? Sit your kids down after dinner and start telling them gradually the history of black people in America from the perspective of a black person. Let them hand it down to their own kids and so on. That's how to keep these stories and histories alive. Waiting for the system that's implicitly biased against you to teach them isn't reasonable or realistic.

As a Canadian I searched for a video like this in order to educate myself about what was going on and what CRT actually is. Now I feel more confused!

How to make a video titled CRT: Experts break down what it actually means without explaining what it actually means at all. Great job.

I feel I was cheated in public high school because they explicitly ignored certain events in our shared history. We must know our own history and that of others so that we do not repeat the same mistakes.

Note the definition of race: A misleading and deceptively appealing classification of human beings created by White people originally from Europe which assigns human worth and social status using the White racial identity as the archetype of humanity for the purpose of creating and maintaining privilege, power, and systems of oppression. (Lawrence and Keleher) Lawrence, K., & Keleher, T. (Eds.). Proceedings from Race and Public Policy Conference 2004. Chronic disparity: Strong and pervasive evidence of racial inequalities. (p.1-6). Berkeley: CA.

My rejection of CRT is that it forms a conclusion for you instead of allowing children to form their own opinions. Teach just facts and ALL of it, but leave out what you believe the intention was.

Had to go to Wikipedia to figure out what it even is. This video didn't define it well which makes sense, because even the academics disagree about exact definitions of CRT.

So schools have been teaching about slavery for years, no one ever seemed to care about how it made black kids feel. The history made it seemed like black American history started on a boat.. I remember asking my teacher about what happened before the slave ship and his answer was "this is American history not african history class" which is true but yet they teach us European history.

The problem is the parents don’t have the courage to be honest with their kids.

The problem seems to be that a lot of people on the left feel this need to immediately see a crt critic as this enemy with views completely opposite to theirs. They feel like attacking them by saying ridiculous things like “you want to sweep history under the rug” and that’s just not the case. And then you also have the same issue of people on the right not seeing that a lot of people on the left don’t want extreme views being taught, views which try to make white kids feel guilty and views that try to make everything about race. I feel like people on the left are ignorant as to the dangers of this and people on the right are ignorant towards the great benefits. The majority of us (on the left and the right) are more similar than we are different and I don’t think we’re seeing that. At the end of the day I think the big issues surrounding crt need to be openly discussed an d addressed before we start teaching it to kids. I don’t want my kids to feel like they are being reduced to their skin color, and I’ve seen a lot of horrific clips of teachers teaching things that lead to those feelings. And I know that most of them have good intentions, it’s just that we disagree about what is harmful and what’s not and we need to have a more open discussion about it. It just gets hard when your friends on Facebook immediately turn to extremist views and then you feel like you can’t openly discuss things with them because you don’t want them to think that you’re a monster (that goes for both sides).

Thanks for the video, all I’ve heard so far is the right saying “it’s just insulting white people” and the left saying “it’s not racist, it’s just teaching a part of history” but I’d never actually heard WHAT crt is. Tbh, after learning what it is, I don’t think this should be an actual class, I think it should be a unit covered in civics class.

CRT = cathode ray tube. We no longer use them.

How hard is it for teachers to teach from the perspective of just facts, why do they have to cover viewpoints. My school aged children come home loaded with stories of their teachers pushing super hard left opinions, particularly in middle school and very much in high school. That never happened when I was growing up, we had world history and government classes that approached things from a factual perspective. It was a "these are the events, these are the decisions that were made" Not "my personal opinion of these events are...." You'd think that would be far more useful than pushing an agenda.

Its starting to look like segregation wasn't just meanies being mean.

I was picked on by blacks, whites, hispanics growing up as an immigrant in this country. I remained focused in school and made a great life for myself. Nobody is innocent, racism is always going to exist in every race, just to what degree. I've proven that there isn't anything in the system that can stop you from making a good life for yourself in this country. It just boil down to hard work and determination. One of the key I think is having a good family support/value who helps you stay in line. Growing up in a broken family, I think you've a high chance of failing already.

As a student i don't support any attempt by the govt to give us more Home work, If they're gonna add this they better remove something in return

The saddest instance of this broken, bigoted Texas law is when Gina Peddy who is an administrator in the Carroll Independent School District in Southlake, Texas said teachers need to balance books about the holocaust with "opposing" views. One of the teachers is flabbergasted and says, "How do you oppose the Holocaust?" Meaning why would a teacher teach pro-holocaust propaganda?