It pains me to write this. But I must.
Where will critical race theory get blacks? Right where Dov Fischer predicts:
[T]he same disadvantaged groups who today rely on blaming instead of self-help will then be at the same exact rung on the social order that they are today, just as 50 years of racism-free society and Great Society “entitlements” have not accomplished equality of results today, even as newcomers from Asia entered this country these past 50 and 60 years and leap-frogged those already here.
Blacks, on the whole, are not where they are because of whitey, but because of their genes and culture.
Consider the experience of Latinos in America. Latinos are also “persons of color”. They are not only more intelligent than blacks, on average, but they are also, on average, harder working, more self-reliant, and more observant of traditional morality. Instead of whining about their fate, Latinos do something about it.
Consider Jews, who have been subjected to violence and discrimination in this country. (And many of them are survivors and descendants of the Holocaust, which puts slavery in the shade.) Jews are where they are — generally more prosperous, learned, and respected than blacks — because of their genes and culture.
It speaks volumes that the proponents of CRT want to blame not only white slave-holders and white segregationsists for the plight of blacks, but also schoolchildren whose only sin is “whiteness”. For shame.
Some blacks understand the biased narrative that underlies critical race theory, and warn against it because it stands in the way of improvement from within. Glenn Loury is one of those blacks.