What is Critical Race Theory? With Professor Abdullah Ali

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[abumansaray]

To gain an understanding of Critical Race Theory (CRT), it is essential to recognize its roots in Marxist theory. CRT, along with feminism, gender theory, queer theory, and intersectionality, can be seen as derived from conflict theories. These theories shift the focus of class struggle—traditionally between the proletariat and the bourgeois—to social struggles. For instance, within feminism, men are often positioned as the bourgeois, while women represent the proletariat. Similarly, in CRT, whites are the bourgeois and people of colour are the proletariat.

[wandering_dervaish]

Not just white privellage
It’s also passport privilege. If you have a UsA Canada Ireland uK passport the behaviour and rules are different . Other countries it’s different.
So it’s legal racism of a sort

[obamaibnbahish]

3:00 Brother is speaking about the Irish and the Italians, both group of people who were not classified as "white" by white Americans when they arrived in USA. They only gained this status later on.

White privilege is a critique of structural racism inherent in the history of the United states. It is not about individual's having a privilege that is observable, rather the fact that they live in a country which is built upon discrimination and inequality (which historically, to a certain extent all countries are) creates a state which a person born with a certain "colour" or "look" or "name" still have forms in which they will be treated with a certain level of privilege when interacting in the social and economical sphere of life.

It is important to understand that CRT are based on CT (Critical theory) which is a lens of analysis from a dialectical materialist perspective, ie that material-production conditions effect the way we observe and act in reality.

Any talk about CRT that doesn't start by clarifying this does not do the topic a favour.

[abdurrazzak]

May Allah Bless and Reward Both of you in this Life and in the Hereafter.

[SomeofThisSomeofThat]

3:11 Italians and Irish were not deemed white, because white was synonymous with Anglo-Saxon. HOWEVER, Italian and Irish knew they were above blacks in the hierarchy of America and treated us so. Once Italians and Irish were granted white status, they happily accepted.

[MuhammadAbdElhalim-rf]

A’isha said (may Allah be well pleased with her):
"Allah’s Messenger never struck anything with his hand unless he was struggling in the cause of Allah [jihad], nor did he ever strike a servant or a woman.”

[THE_ADAM_WEST]

CRT is a lens through which people can study power dynamics. Make no mistake, it will one day be applied to Arabs and their position in the Ummah, especially relative to Indonesians, Pakistanis, etc.

إذا تمنيت فاستكثر

[Troc]

Thank you for sharing your blessings of knowledge.

[obamaibnbahish]

11:20 Brother Paul you're misunderstanding it. This is a straw man since CRT never has a essentialistic position on white people (as "irredeemable and cant help themselves").

It is not white *individual people* who are wrong or at fault, rather it's a systemic critique where historical events (slavery, american exceptionalism, genocide of native Americans, treatment of minorities like afroamericans, mexicans, chinese, irish, italian etc) occurred which has positioned white people as a whole on a relatively elevated position (in US society), which has created institutional powers which try to uphold this status quo.

[arimasrizan]

This is one of the intellectually rich podcasts atm… may Allah increase you and your guests

[vincentkivuva]

There are allot of African American scholars and experts explaining what exactly Critical Race Theory is and what it means. Professor Ali is wrong on this one.

[apollo]

I'm wrestling with the realisation the country that I may have done my military service to defend, thinking I was doing it for my country, is not my country! Sure I own my own home here but, did I get duped into 5 years of military service to defend a country in which attitudes and governments do not hold to the idea this is my country.

I'm both disappointed and some what angry to be in this situation. I would certainly have to think long and hard as to what I would do if war broke out and I was asked to step up again. Worse still what do I tell my children to do knowing the Country they were born in will never be their country?

[armchairactivist]

I've experienced racism in various Islamic communities globally. It's also a matter of "physician heal thyself"

[upondivineguidanceorder]

No, the people of the Levant are not originally Arabs, although a large portion of the population in the Levant today identify as Arab due to historical migrations and cultural influence, but genetically, they have a distinct ancestry from the Arabian Peninsula, with more ancient Levantine ancestry from the region itself;.
Key points to consider:
Ancient inhabitants:
The original inhabitants of the Levant were various Semitic peoples like the Canaanites,
Arab migration:
While Arab tribes did migrate to the Levant over time, particularly during the Muslim conquests, the majority of the population in the region prior to that were not Arabs.
Genetic distinction:
Recent genetic studies indicate that Levantines have a distinct genetic profile compared to people from the Arabian Peninsula.

[alberxenos]

Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

[evanhadkins]

Good grief. Discrimination against one group doesn't mean there isn't prejudice against other groups.

[s-revew]

You just have to notice the ignoring of the ongoing massacres/oppression in Sudan not being covered by popular Muslim organisations/influencers on YT such as 5pillarz or islam channel. It seems the lighter skin you are the more coverage you will get...

[aolidiablo]

Advice do more modern stuff or from early 2000s more

[not_mybrother]

Both persecution and privilege are outcomes from the absence of the implementation of Islam.

[xyzz-lc]

MIND created differences.. mind does not show ONENESS..
Differences are mind creation