In the past year, how many times have you asked or been asked similar questions, “How would Martin Luther King Jr. view the state of race relations in the United States today?” Or, better yet, what would MLK think Critical race theory And to erase all the efforts he fought for?
Chances are, if you have asked or been asked this question, you know Exactly What would he think.
Another person who knows exactly what Martin Luther King Jr. will think is his niece, Dr. Alvida King, who recently wrote an article Column For Fox News’s digital platform, this will undoubtedly make her uncle proud; Dr. King accepted the “sober white” and the version of the critical racial theory they promoted, which is the same for both whites and black Americans.
Dr. King started with a surprising statement. She supports the critical racial theory-not the “sober white” version-and continues to explain it; simple, convincing, and outstanding.
It might surprise you to know that I support critical racial theory. Or, to be more precise, I think that understanding—perhaps more important than at any other moment in our common history in the United States—has only one race, humanity. There are no whites, no blacks, no reds, no browns, no yellows, no mixed races. There is a key human race.
This is not a theory, this is a fact.
I am not trying to cover up the current controversy about the fact that children in our country should be taught about race or racism. I just want to declare from the beginning that race is a social structure that I refuse to provide more power. In fact, we are all one blood.
Merriam-Webster provides “critical. The two most relevant definitions are:
- “Tend to criticize, harsh and unfair”
- “Exercising or involving prudent judgment or wise assessment”
Let’s take a quiz together.
Which of the two definitions of “Wake up the white man” and Ibram X. Kendi And his crowd, Telling us is the foundation Critical race theory? Which of the two definitions is in Reality basis Critical race theory?
Score your paper; I believe both of your answers are correct.
Dr. King then entered the history of the “critical” or “highest” race.
The notion of criticality or “highest race” is not new.British naturalist Charles Darwin introduced his theory Contrast between Europeans and Barbarians in 1871.
But the critical racial theory we are focusing on is a discipline that has been popular in American universities since the 1970s. At its core is the belief that racism is the foundation of everything-our legal system, education, banking, housing, and even language.
Why we are arguing about it now and legislating against it is mainly due to what happened in the past few years.
In 2019, the New York Times published its 1619 plan, a series of stories published on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the beginning of slavery in the United States.
“No aspect of the country formed here was affected by slavery for many years,” said the opening remarks of the stories, articles, and photo packages that make up the project.
The Pulitzer Center is a liberal non-profit organization that provides funding for more than 150 news media’s reports. annual reportTo bring its “course resources to 3,500 classrooms.”
Five school systems—New York City, Buffalo, Washington, DC, Winston Salem, North Carolina, and Wilmington, Delaware—adopted the curriculum.
Next, the all-round teacher union joined in.
“The nation’s largest teacher union, the National Education Association,” wrote Dr. King. “Earlier this year, the organization that racially humiliated the beloved children’s author Dr. Seuss joined the trend of critical racial theories.”
The death of George Freud
Then, in May 2020, a police officer in Minneapolis knelt on George Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes and killed him while he was crying for his mother. This country broke out, protests broke out in large and small cities, and many of these rallies turned into riots that led to death and destruction.
In this riot, amid calls for the cancellation of police funding, people have renewed attention to teaching children not only about the events they saw on the streets and on screens, but also about slavery and racism.
The mobs on the street, many of them awakened white people, demanded a re-examination of civil rights heroes such as Frederick Douglas and President Abraham Lincoln. What’s more insidious is that if they were once slave owners-most of them were slave owners, then they would completely wipe out the contributions of our country’s founders.
Rebound
The sudden violent shock to the left shocked the rationality among us. Ordinary Americans began to question institutions they had never questioned before. “Those who love our country are shocked,” Dr. King wrote, “and began to rebel against something taught in our school. As of last month, more than 20 states have introduced bills to limit the teaching of critical racial theories in schools. “
Then this is a short history lesson:
But these laws are not the answer, nor do they teach white students that they are privileged, nor do they teach black students that they are disadvantaged. The answer is always there, in the truth.
We will never eliminate the slavery of the past, but there is no reason to endure it in our present.
The year before, in 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first black woman to earn a medical degree.
Five years after the first June festival, two black men, Joseph Rainey and Hiram Revis, were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, respectively.
Of course, they all face obstacles and discrimination, but they overcome these obstacles. They paved the way for the first black president and the first black vice president.
The “Wake Up Whites” and Ibram X. Kendi crowds do not want to discuss “any of the above” for a simple reason: it runs counter to their split narrative. But Dr. King wants to talk about it.
They are not defined by those who hinder them or hinder them. It is not their skin color that drives them forward, but the content of their character. This is true for each of us.
So when I heard the term critical racial theory, I said that it is important to know that humans have 99.5% of our DNA. This is what our students should hear from the beginning of preschool.
“We are more similar than different,” Dr. Alvida King wrote.
“We are one blood. We are a human being.”
Yes, Uncle Martin will indeed be proud of his niece.
Speaking of the first black president of the United States, this is an article I wrote earlier today: After all, will Obama Paluza of Martha’s Vineyard become a “super communicator” event?
