re: The Surprising Origins of Critical Race Theory

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Critical Race Theory (CRT) has been cited as an offshoot of Karl Marx’s theory of class struggle, which was designed to pit one class against another so as to foment worker-led revolutions. It is also widely accepted that the Marxian Frankfurt School in Germany reworked Marx’s “social conflict theory” in the 1950s by adding “race” to their long list of “oppressed” minorities.

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CRT is merely a subapplication of Critical Theory. CT is rooted in Karl Marx's revisionist machinations targeting capitalism in Das Kapital. A version of CT was later used by Hitler to blame all Jews for all woes (though its proponents would vigorously deny that). In the latest CRT formulation, oppressor whites (rather than capitalism or Jews) are the target. It's the same game.

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