Man plows into crowd on Bourbon Street killing 10 and injuring 35

Yeah no.

This implies that people who are against the woke mind virus and DEI and CRT are just racists. Easy way to preemptively try and dismiss any criticism.

But totally untrue.

In fact, CRT, DEI and much of the woke agenda are inherently racist.

 

CRT is not at all. Neither is woke. DEI does of course involve factoring in race & gender, though designed to make you more respective towards your own potential bias.

 

Critical Race Theory (CRT) can be viewed as inherently racist and harmful because it categorizes individuals primarily by skin color, fostering a worldview that sees racial identity as the defining characteristic of a person rather than individual merit or conduct. By constantly framing societal relationships and power structures in terms of oppressor and oppressed races, CRT promotes a perpetual sense of victimhood and guilt that can harden divisions among people rather than healing them. It can lead to the harmful belief that members of certain races are inherently complicit in oppression, thereby denying the possibility of individual agency and moral responsibility that transcends race. This approach can create resentment, reinforce stereotypes, and undermine the principle of equality under the law by suggesting that justice should be administered differently based on race. Consequently, instead of uniting people around shared human dignity, CRT risks fostering permanent division and suspicion along racial lines.

The “woke mind virus,” as critics label it, can be seen as promoting racism by insisting on defining and segregating individuals according to rigid identity categories rather than recognizing shared humanity and individual character. Under this mindset, people are coerced into hyper-awareness of differences—especially racial ones—and encouraged to view every interaction through a divisive lens of oppressor versus oppressed. By constantly sorting society into these simplistic racial hierarchies, “wokeness” can deepen the very prejudices it claims to dismantle, as it pushes individuals to pre-judge others based on group identity. Instead of fostering genuine unity and empathy, this outlook risks igniting suspicion and hostility, effectively recasting racism in a more socially acceptable guise and stoking further division among different racial communities.

Critics of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) argue that it promotes racism by fundamentally focusing on and amplifying racial differences, compelling organizations and individuals to view almost every aspect of life through the lens of identity rather than merit or shared humanity. By imposing quotas and programs that treat people differently based on their race, DEI initiatives can foster suspicion, resentment, and even reverse discrimination. This approach, critics claim, undermines the principle of true equality, which maintains that all individuals should have the same rights and opportunities regardless of race, gender, or other immutable traits. Instead, DEI can create a new set of winners and losers defined by identity categories, perpetuating division rather than addressing the root causes of unfair treatment or bias.

 

According to astro123, you’re a dipshit MAGAT moron.
I’ll trade one of you for 5 woke clowns in this place going to Germany.

 

And White Supremacism has zero to do with rave and gender ... just returning to the natural order is all.

Spoiler

 

These are all strawmen and defining things in way that they are not.

CRT is an academic idea not meant for practical applications but rather exploration.

Woke has been redefined by the radical right and doesn't mean what it meant when the term was coined nearly a 100 years ago - which is merely about greater self awareness of racial bias.

DEI is based on scientific studies that clearly demonstrate that a diverse group of individuals will outperform a homogenous one whether it be as a fighting unit or in a company. That's because - and this might shock you - people with diverse background, religions, thought process - will bring about greater creative thinking than a homogenous group of people who think the same way. Companies pursue DEI to make money, not be woke despite the cries of those on the right.

Anything can be abused. Everything gets abused. But you don't get rid of stuff because of those who abuse something. Otherwise alcohol would have been banned. Driving would be banned. Guns...guns! would be banned!

So it would be nice to see some intellectually honest discussion on these topics instead of the typical strawman sensationalized arguments that typically get posted.

 

So this dipshit administration been hounding Christian conservatives out of the military but sheltering Islam extremists?

BTW- Kash Patel needs to go after each and everyone of those dumbass protestors for Hamas in NY and everywhere else that they showed up. He can prevent lots of attacks in the future. Screw all of your dumbass woke clowns in here, you guys are too stupid to know that the jihadists don’t give a shiit if you are supporting them the next time they’re planning another attack.

 

The other part of his fb live statements.... According to the recent press conference, he went live 1-2 hours before the attack saying he thought about killing his family and friends, but it wouldn't have the same effect as "this is a war between believers and unbelievers."
Somewhere along the way he was radicalized.

 

All you do is follow far left ideology. I don't doubt your intelligence but your viewpoint is incredibly one sided. I think you'd admit that

 

Can you differentiate far left and middle-of-the-road ideology?

It appears that you ... can ... not.

 

MAGATs

 

Well if you're going to be disrespectful I won't bother. I will say that you only care about your line of thinking. You're not middle

 

Have you ever thought your obsession with Muslims and leftists on a NBA forum makes people think you might be the next lone wolf attacker shooting up a Mosque?

DO you think your 60 posts a day dedicated to how evil Muslims are on a Rockets message board is a normal practice from a stable person?

 

Go away

 

I think you need to look in the mirror on thos one to be fair

 

Wrong thread. Weird though

 

I am middle. Sorry, I do not fit into the box in which you want to put me.

BTW you slammed @Sweet Lou 4 2 for "following far lefr ideology" ... as if that was pejorative ... and even though it is highly dubious claim.

 

I agree with all of this. But some of the DEI initiatives take things too far, IMO. My brother-in-law was applying for a tech job recently, and had to fill out some online screening form where (in three separate questions) he was asked to provide his gender identity, whether he identified as transgender, and his sexual orientation. If the intent is to create a non-discriminatory atmosphere, these screening questions really create the opposite impression.

 

Doesn't make any sense whatsoever then.

I wouldn't be surprised if they were to find out that the guy in the car was already dead, if it is him. But not sure how they can find out.

 

It is pejorative, and you are one of the losers who lean towards that as well.

Far leftists are morons or evil, or both.