“In ‘Critical Race Theory: An Introduction,’ authors Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic identify at least seven basic teachings which characterize the ideology;
1.) Racism is normative
2.) Race is a social construct created in order to allocate privilege
3.) White privilege maintains white dominance
4.) Color blindness keeps minorities in subordinate positions
5.) Majority groups tolerate advances for racial justice only when it benefits them
6.) Voices of color have access to special knowledge (Standpoint epistemology)
7.) History should be interpreted according to minority experience
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1.) Without a definition of racism we cannot determine whether or not racism is normative. Also, depending on the definition of racism, racism as normative could be a good thing.
2.) Race is not a social construct but a biological reality. The idea that “race is a social construct” is itself a social construct. Since race is biological its existence obviously isn’t primarily to extend privilege. Besides, why is it a bad thing for family to extend privilege to family?
3.) Why is white privilege or dominance in a predominately white country any more wrong than the black privilege and dominance that exists in black countries or Yellow privilege and dominance that exists in Yellow countries?
4.) The complaint about “color blindness” here is a complaint against meritocracy. CRT advocates desire the maintenance of the recognition of color with the purpose that minorities will continue to be advanced over white people for no other reason than because they are minorities. If color-blindness really obtained so as to create a meritocracy minorities, generally speaking, and exceptions notwithstanding, would not be able to prosper in a predominately white country. The demand for the continuance of seeing color is a demand that minorities continue to receive their freebies and advances that are extended to them because of their color. If genuine color-blindness were to obtain that would be the end of all kinds of institutionalized minority privilege.
5.) Manifestly not true as any cursory examination of Affirmative Action programs, Quota programs, Welfare policy, and SAT test score manipulating demonstrates. Not that I think those are examples of justice but I recognize minorities would see those as “justice.”
6.) If race is a social construct per this paradigm then how can voices of color (which doesn’t exist) have access to special knowledge? Also, the idea that one’s “oppression” gives them access to special knowledge is a specious idea that has to be assumed because it certainly cannot be proven.
7.) History should be interpreted according to a Biblical world and life view.
