A Guide to Critical Race Theory

A guide to critical race theory based on five of the most influential books related to critical race theory.

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0:00 Intro
00:49 Integration And Color-blindness
03:30 Race-Consciousness
04:49 Deconstruction And Reconstruction
06:10 What Critical Race Theory Is About
06:39 Academia
09:38 What Evidence Do They Use?
11:25 Racism in CRT
12:22 Critical Race Theorists Analyze America
13:35 CRT's Vision For The Future
16:18 Marxism

Sources:

Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed The Movement : Edited by Kimberlé Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Gary Peller, Kendall Thomas
How To Be An Antiracist: Ibram X. Kendi
Critical Race Theory: Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic
Words That Wound: Mari J. Matsuda, Charles R. Lawrence III, Richard Delgado, Kimberlé Crenshaw
White Fragility: Robin DiAngelo
Traditional And Critical Theory: Max Horkheimer

Cornell Law's CLT listing (precursor to critical race theory) that includes Max Horkheimer as an influence:

Ibram X. Kendi's Politico article advocating for a Department of Anti-racism:

[mcpr]

Dude just explained one of the most controversial, lightning-rod issues as calmly as explaining how to fix a flat tire. Kudos brother, you are _really_ good at explaining things. I was afraid to even click the video and after I watched it I felt calmer and much more informed.

[freelookmode]

Had to skip through 50 videos to finally find this one just EXPLAINING the theory without screaming a policital viewpoint at me.

[AlexanderSargent]

What makes Ryan's videos so effective is that he is not reckless with his vocabulary; every word has boundaries to it's meaning. If we let words become too fluid we are sacrificing our capabilities of rational discussion and thereby stunting our ability to find truth.

[morganlee]

How anyone can think a mindset that willfully abandons objectivity and reason can possibly lead to anything good is beyond me.

[AlanStoneInGreece]

Hey, here's an idea: How about we treat every person we meet just like we'd like to be treated by them?

[JcPeggy]

Dude, I love your videos. No judgements, no biases, only information. I still double check the information you give which I encourage everyone else to do if you truly want to be an individual thinker.

[edwoodsr]

Theories that change the meaning of words are always suspect.

[pauljohnson]

Ryan is the sociology professor we all wish we had in college.

[ItsBTrue]

Thank you for not trying to tell me how I should feel and just giving me information to allow me to make my own decisions. This almost never happens these days

[poloshirtsamurai]

“There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.”

― George Orwell

[Dragonorder]

"What does this new society look like?" From what I've put together, It would look absolutely crippled.

[talldarkhansome]

Constant struggle + heightened awareness = a racism free future. That's a lot of faith.

[mugin]

We do not like racism!
How do we fight racism then?
By dividing people into races?

[vagabond]

I don't claim to be color-blind, I just don't see race as a defining characteristic when determining someone's value as a person. I would hate to think what that makes me.

[kelseystout]

I'm seeing so many logical fallacies and problems with CRT just from this video alone.

[surviveunplugged]

Outstanding summary. As a CPA that happens to be black, I've been exposed to and have had conversations with several individuals that support and advance "critical race theory". It seems reasonable to test your theory in a limited way to determine something more than a "theory" prior to general application. They want a "theory" accepted without any evidence of the potential result. That's unwise in most endeavors. Also, you've expressed the summary of what I've experienced in conversations with them. I think you're in the 90%++ accuracy range on this. Also, I believe there's evidence of a strong Marxist movement among blacks from the late 1800's and Marxism is not an uncommon goal of many blacks I've known. I believe you've "nailed it". Thanks for the video and saving me time researching it myself.👍

[andreipopescu]

Props to this guy for sacrificing so many of his neurons swimming through this sea of intellectual bullshit to deliver us this comprehensive and politically neutral video! A sincere thank you, my man!

[IshmielMantooth]

Whew 😬 this is why homeschooling is important.

[annwood]

Loved the video. I'm having a hard time understanding why academics being neutral, objective and balanced is anything but desirable. Being NOB does not preclude discussions of how subtle racism undermines our society. It does not preclude feeling that racism has caused deep divides on our country, and that big improvements are worth working for. To me NOB is the definition of true academia. And a worthy goal of every thinking person.

[davidbolen]

I want critical height theory!! I’ve been vertically challenged all my life and this oppressive hieghtriachry must answer for all the people who are taller than me. I need a short safe space.