Of course it is admirable to fight against inequality of opportunity based on skin color. The problem with the way the modern movement is being handled is that it is actually emphasizing skin color and encouraging separatism, in schools and in society in general.
Further, the definition is being expanded so greatly. The ludicrous nature of the definition was highlighted in the following article (as well as other places). Everything Is Racist: The Definitive List! »
— Read on savejersey.com/2019/07/everything-is-racist-list-things-objects-people-political-correctness/
The fight against racism has become a referendum on American society and its roots in general.
As Christopher F. Rufo points out in the March 2021 edition of Hillsdale College’s Imprimis publication: “77 percent of conservatives are afraid to share their political beliefs publicly. Worried about getting nibbled on social media, fired from their jobs, or worse, they remain quiet, largely ceding the public debate to those pushing these anti-American ideologies.”
For heavens sake. All students are taught anymore is that President Jefferson was a slave owner. Do they receive a fully rounded version, including that in “[h]is own draft of the Declaration… he made it clear that blacks were human and that slavery was a moral abomination and a blot upon the honor of his country“? (All to Honor Jefferson by Jean Yarborough, May 2009, in Imprimis.)
Rufo said: Americans are naturally outraged that critical race theory promotes three ideas – race essentialism, collective guilt, and now-segregation-which violate the basic principles of equality and justice. Anecdotally, many Chinese-Americans have told me that having survived the Cultural Revolution in their former country, they refuse to let the same thing happen here.”
I cannot express it better than Rufo: “Above all, we must have courage-the fundamental virtue required in our time. Courage to stand and speak the truth. Courage to face the mob. Courage to shrug off the scorn of the elites. When enough of us overcome the fear that currently prevents so many from speaking out, the hold of critical race theory will begin to slip. And courage begets courage. It’s easy to stop a lone dissenter; it’s much harder to stop 10, 20, 100, 1,000, 1,000,000, or more who stand up together for the principles of America.”
I for one am not afraid, and my children know it & God willing will follow in my footsteps. I will defend this country, imperfect as she may be, and the values upon which she was founded, for I believe she is still, as Abraham Lincoln referred to our nation, The Last Best Hope of Earth.🇺🇸
Notes From Real Life 