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Critical Race Theory TV
CRITICAL RACE THEORY. WHAT IS IT?
CRT is the study of how institutionalized racism here in America has created a cast system that keeps people of color on the bottom tier. We will study each aspect in a series of recordings. In each of the presentations will include actual events throughout the history of America, proving each of the Principles of CRT.
CRT grew from Critical Legal Studies (CLS) which argued that law was not objective or apolitical, neutral or principled and dissociated from social or political considerations. CLS and CRT recognizes how race and racial inequality were reproduced through the law.
It is ironic that some in our country seek to restrict teaching CRT to America’s children when the originators of CRT find that it is our educational system most institutionalized by racism.
Principles of CRT.
Race is not biologically real but socially constructed and socially significant
Racism is a normal feature of society and is embedded within systems and institutions
CRT recognizes that racism is codified in law, embedded in structures and woven into public policy
CRT demands recognition of the relevance of embracing the lived experiences of people of color
It is the goal of Civil Rights Attorney’s and others in showing how laws may be complicit in maintaining and unjust social order but also can be used to correct that.
In each of our presentations we point out have race and Black skin was used as the justification for making many of the laws used to oppress and intimate African Americans throughout our history.
We feel it is important to the health, security and welfare of this country that we are able to learn about and remedy our painful past.
This information obtained at www.americanbar.org. Please visit their website for more detailed information.
Malcolm X Speaks
Malcolm X was very controversial but Malcolm spoke an honest truth we are facing the realities we live today. He was a threat to the American way of life for White people and African Americans lost so much when we lost him. Hear his words and learn from them today.
Malcolm X
Upcoming Discussions
No Taxation Without Representation
Police Brutality And Mob Violence
13th Reflection Questions
Please send your answers by email to director@sfjfamilyservices.org
Did you know there was this special clause in the 13th Amendment?
How do you feel about the clause and why?
Do feel the rise in the prison population is solely due to an increase in crime?
If NO to answer #3, explain what other factors you feel contribute?
Should prisons be a business where making a profit should be considered?
If you answered yes, or no to question #5, please explain your answer.
Do you know anyone in jail or prison?
If you answered yes or no to question #7 did this audio presentation help you better understand what they are experiencing?
Do you think anything needs to be done with the way prisons are owned, managed and operated? Please explain what.
THANK YOU for your participation!
CRT - Point 1
Race is not biologically real but is a socially constructed and socially significant. According to scholars, race is the product of social thought and is not connected to biological reality.
CRT - Point 2
Racism is a normal feature of society and is embedded within systems and institutions like the housing market
CRT - Point 3
Racism is codified in law, embedded in structures and woven into public policy
CRT - Point 4
The lived experience of people of color is not taken into consideration and never mentioned as a part of scholarship
Reconstruction: America After The Civil War All 4 Parts
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America After The Civil War
Let’s start with the fact that only Africans were slaves and Whites owned them as property. Slavery was not just open for anyone to join in and Africans were taken by force. The institution of slavery alone is proof of CRT.
If we need to go farther, we can use the period of Reconstruction.
The Civil War was only fought to maintain the institution of slavery so that America would remain a white man’s country. The mind set at the time was “it was our job to take control of the Black People”.
Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
“In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, raving all in its wake” .
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption and Conspiracy showcases the brutality of the ‘crack epidemic’ throughout the 1980s and as it begins to escalate in the 1990s as well. It is a smoothly made documentary with more accurate information on the subject than I’ve personally encountered before — when I was a student, I thought that I’d be taught about the devastation that the drug brought down on the black community especially, and how the American government failed to respond to this, but unfortunately I was not. The film provides the information I thought I’d be actively taught in a way that strikes the heart, and strikes it hard.
Race & The Prison System
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Ava DuVernay’s scathing documentary explores the injustices at the heart of America’s painful racial history by examining the systemic failures of the penal system.