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Father, we come against the evils and lies of Critical Race Theory. We pray that You would create a sense of unity between races, not division.
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The ideas of Critical Race Theory have consequences. This excerpt dives into how the CRT dogma may affect people individually and cause harm to our communities. Share what you think CRT leads to in the comments section.

From The Federalist. Our nation has been rocked by at least two significant acts of domestic terrorism in a five-month span. Last week, Frank James opened fire in a New York City subway, injuring 23 people. In November, Darrell Brooks drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, killing 6 people and injuring 60 others.

Both perpetrators are black, which is a bit unusual given that mass shootings have historically been perpetrated by white men. More significantly, both Brooks and James had expressed radical views on social media advocating violence towards whites in the lead-up to their attacks…

These anecdotes, particularly during increasing dissemination of critical race theory (CRT), suggest CRT has been a detriment to racial progress rather than a force for good. The harmful impacts of CRT on race relations are unsurprising when considering several of its basic tenets.

CRT Teaches America Is Racist

The New York Times Magazine’s “1619 Project,” the brainchild of Nikole Hannah-Jones, expresses a historical view in which America’s true founding was in 1619, the year African slaves were first brought to the United States. American history is thus viewed and analyzed through a lens of anti-black racism.

For example, Hannah-Jones controversially asserts that the Revolutionary War was primarily fought to preserve slavery, argues that the U.S. Constitution was meticulously crafted to establish a “slavocracy,” and criticizes Abraham Lincoln’s approach to the issue of slavery and race….

…The conclusion, then, is that the history of slavery persists, impacting all aspects of American life to this very day.

CRT Teaches American Government Is Racist

The Constitution remains the law of the land, and if you believe that the Constitution is racist, then it follows that the American system of government, which is based on the Constitution, is also racist. This is a core argument of CRT: American institutions, including the Electoral College, the Senate, and the Second Amendment have all recently been attacked as systemically racist to justify their abolition….

CRT: Non-Whites Cannot Succeed Within the System

Perhaps most important to CRT and “wokeness” is the tenet that you cannot truly be successful as a minority in America. This was most clearly illustrated in a July 2020 display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which accredited several objective measures of successful behavior (e.g. hard work, planning for the future, delayed gratification, the scientific method) as part of “White Culture….”

Thus, success for minorities in America is not taken as evidence of racial progress, but as a sign of conformity with “white” values…

That Leaves Violence as the Only Option

If you wholeheartedly believe in those three statements, violence inevitably becomes your only option for progress. You live in an oppressive society, with built-in systems of oppression that prevent you from altering that society, and have no way to be successful within the system while staying true to yourself. Your only alternative is to destroy that system….

What do you think Critical Race Theory will lead to in our communities? Share in the comments.

(Excerpt from The Federalist. Photo Credit: Thomas de LUZE on Unsplash)

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Yvonne Pendleton
April 24, 2022

We have gone in circles for years about all the issues we face. Who really wants change? We must understand that talk is cheap. Gets us no where. Action makes the difference by a govt of for by the people. We go about business as usual thinking that will change what we choose to ignore. We have the right to question what is happening in the USA. Stand for freedom,brotherly love& thinking of others before our wants. When we begin using the Golden Rule we may see change for the better of all! Be a world changer in action word deed NOT violence intimidation or billing. God have mercy on us! Not too much to ask?

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Vashti Monica FORD
April 23, 2022

Critical Race Theory is basically reverse racism. Do we see the Asian and Hispanic and Irish segments purporting this viewpoint? I think not. The theory is based in lies and denies that blacks can be successful because of whites. Yet we have seen many blacks who have become successful. Just as poor white men and women work their way through college and become successful in multiple segments of our country. This theory only denies that anyone can become whatever they work hard enough to achieve. America gives everyone equal opportunity to succeed.

Maureen Lee
April 23, 2022

CRT is a lie from the pit of hell! The tactics of the enemy to divide us as Americans has never been stronger! United we stand, divided we fall. There are always a few bad apples in the basket, but that does not make all the apples bad! As a whole, I denounce that America is racist, I denounce that we care about the color of skin, I denounce that because I am WHITE that makes me evil & privileged, I denounce the victim mentality, In Jesus Name! I denounce division I denounce negativity about this country I denounce hate ideas I denounce victimhood In Jesus name! E Plurabis Unum. Out of many, ONE!

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Barbara Janicki
April 21, 2022

If you start with a false premise, you will arrive at a false conclusion and CRT is nothing but false conclusion after false conclusion – based on their initial hypothesis that we were founded on slavery – so everything is fruit of the poisonous tree so to speak and that is just what CRT is – pure poison, filled with lies, destroying everyone who partakes of its teaching. CRT causes division, hatred, violence – all based on things that aren’t even true. Slavery has been around from the beginning of civilizations and still exists today in some countries. The U.S. did not invent slavery, we participated in it and then abolished it. Only four percent of the slave trade was coming here during that time before we stopped it, the whole theory of CRT is based on lies. There is one race – the human race – we are all created in God’s image. Man made divisions based on skin color accomplish nothing good, as MLK stated we should be judged by the content of our character, not the color of our skin. Additionally, as Alveda King said, “we are all people of color” just different colors – its a spectrum, we are all on the spectrum. This is a man created, artificial division that people continue to perpetuate for their own financial gain and political power. They need us divided against each other in order to control us and stay in power. The teaching of CRT accomplishes this purpose of creating and perpetuating division and hatred where in many cases, as in my community, we have all lived together peacefully as people, fellow citizens of this country, all wanting the same things, peace, freedom, affordable prices, jobs, safety, and less government intervention in our private lives – for years. The teaching of CRT is their way of keeping unrest and division alive, so they can make more money on books and speaking engagements dealing with a problem that doesn’t currently exist, like it did in the 60″s, except that they are recreating and reviving it, “keeping it alive on life support” as Morgan Freeman said recently. Our Declaration of Independence is the exact opposite of racist stating “we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and are endowed by their Creator . . .” This document acknowledges God and all of us as created by Him – CRT – coming out of Marxism, is atheistic at its very core. No wonder those that espouse this hateful, godless teaching are the same ones who want to completely destroy our country, because we were founded on belief in God even if we have turned away from this foundation in recent decades, and all to our detriment as we are now seeing. Our identity as individuals and as a nation is in our Creator God. When we return to that calling on our lives individually and as a country, maybe we will see God move on our behalf. Godly values are our foundation and that’s the foundation that CRT wants to destroy. Also, assigning certain behaviors and character traits to a particular skin color is (ie. saying hard work is white) is actually the very definition of racism. Do they not see the irony of this? They are teaching racism in the name of what? of eradicating it? “There is a way that seems right unto a man, but in the end it leads to death.” http://www.mtothe5th.wordpress.com

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Shelly
April 21, 2022

Our government leaders keep pushing the theory that America is systemically racist which is untrue. They want to destroy America from within by teaching our children that we (and they) are racist. They want us divided…together we stand, divided we fall. They want to destroy our being. Dear Lord God…please bring revival so people will realize what is happening. Please let the truth and only the truth come out about our leaders and world leaders so people can decide for themselves if we are racist in the name of Jesus we pray. Amen

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Linda Ash
April 21, 2022

It may be a view, but CRT is not facts. Trust and verify.

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