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willardharrisupvotes OP t1_izylsi6 wrote

Reply to comment by Setter_sws in I’m A Candidate Running For Congress (MO-7) in 2024. AMA or Feel Free To Share Your Wants and Needs by willardharrisupvotes

The more I learn about it, the more I’ve come to believe it is crucial to teach our kids about it and the dangers and oppression certain people face in this country.

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topflight8000 t1_izyskl0 wrote

Yikes Willard! You were doing so good

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willardharrisupvotes OP t1_izyu8gm wrote

There’s not a candidate out there who will agree with every single view of each constituent. I tried to explain many times that I am not fully educated in CRT. My main knowledge is it would educate children and young adults that your life in society is currently dictated by prejudice systems that will base everything off your skin color. That’s a fact that has been proven.

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Setter_sws t1_izz4s9g wrote

you have a good take on it. These people don't understand that history is recorded. Can't hide from it.

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willardharrisupvotes OP t1_izzsyjv wrote

Teaching kids there is prejudice and privilege is not shaming them. They have not participated in or created the system. Teaching them about it, in my opinion, could lead to them learning from it and choosing to abandon it. They could, instead, create a system of equality and justice.

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armenia4ever t1_izz09e1 wrote

You might want to brush up on CRT - both its actual concepts as well as what people put into and under the CRt umbrella. It's a minefield you are gonna have to navigate and it will pop up alot from enough potential voters.

That said, if you support having our kids learn about their privilege in school and that involves race, gender, identity, etc I'll have to resort to voting GOP cause at least they don't go down that avenue.

Not gonna let my kids get harrased and degraded by curriculum that shames or guilts them in anyway for their ancestors and overall history. (Basically what CRT does with the "power+privilege = racism so its okay to discriminate/advocate for racist policies against "white" people because they supposedly have structural and systematic privilege". (This is a big deal to me cause my kids can pass for white and im not inclined to let insane progs punish them for it.)

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