CRT is not Black History. People are incredibly confused about CRT. I was too, because so many Black people defend it as a necessary recounting of the Black Experience in the U.S.
But it is not. It's an optional university course. Black History is just that: Black History.
However, as long as misguided Black people and Black academics fail to come up with a simple, but effective one or two line retort, CRT is going to be used time and time again to attack Black advancement. Because that is the real fear among Whites who believe they will become the minority. That Black advancement will continue.
But racist Whites have little to fear from Blacks. Only a relative few of Blacks have actually dreamed of a justifiable, but ignoble revenge for Chattel Slavery, racism and discrimination. Most have always longed to be treated fairly and equally. I am speaking generally, don't get bent out of shape.
Of course, that view is changing as Blacks face pummeling after pummeling.
And Latinos will become the dominant ethnic majority in the U.S. anyway and it's still unknown which side most will appear to support: The Right or the Left.
Defund the Police sounded nice at the beginning. Until one actually looked closely at the phrase. The problem is the folks who come up with these slogans fail to consider their target audience. What may sound good to wide-eyed and angry protesters will rarely go over well with people who are far removed from the reality of police brutality and racism.
And that is not what reasonable anti-police brutality folks wanted anyway: We wanted a shift in police funding priorities.
Instead of buying all of this military surplus equipment and emphasizing the cracking of heads and shooting fleeing suspects, we wanted more money to go to social services so when adrenalin-juiced cops encountered a stressed out or mentally unfit Person of Color, they would put out a call for trained social service therapists. Not just unload bullet after bullet.
However, that explanation was lost in the frenzied and sometimes crazed demands for Defund the Police. Which cost Democrats plenty at the polls.
Our side does not have good political slogan writers. Republicans have long been eating the lunch of Democrats when it comes to messaging. Instead, our side has taken to separating themselves into two camps with many resorting to juvenile taunts and intransigence. Never a good sign for longevity.
For those who are immature and react with childish epithets to this post, save it. I will not respond in kind.