Talk:Critical race theory

Wiki Education assignment: The Economics of Social Justice and Injustice

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Relevance of comment in lede

Is "rather than criticizing or blaming people" really a relevant comment? This is not included in other article uses of the term "critical"; Critical theory (which is very much related), Critical period, Critical point, etc. etc. Zilch-nada (talk) 23:00, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Contradictory? "race as a social construct with no biological basis" vs "advances the interests of white people"

The link to white people provided states "White is a racialized classification of people". It seems this article needs to be clarified to define "white people", as currently the article is saying "white people" is a racialized classification, which doesn't seem to fit with it being a "social construct". Or at least the apparent contradiction should be clarified.Jimhoward72 (talk) 18:37, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

"Money is a social construct" and "Five dollars are worth more than five cents" can both be true and coherent at the same time. Same with social construction of race. I don't see any contradiction. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 16:48, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

I don't see the contradiction. American nationality is a social construct with no biological basis, yet we can speak about advancing the interests of the American people. TFD (talk) 18:40, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

This seems to me to be the opposite of a contradiction: "racialization" is precisely equivalent to the social construction of race. And like most social constructs, "racialized classifications" serve reasonably clearly defined sets of social interests. Newimpartial (talk) 19:41, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Gender and Technoculture 320-01

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improvements to "2020s criticism" subsection

With this section probably driving the bulk of traffic to the page, I think this section needs to be as well written as possible and would like to start a discussion on that.

In particular, I think the section could benefit from more information on the history of Christopher Rufo's discovery of CRT and realization that it could be used as a wedge issue. Additionally, the differences between CRT and DEI are not demarcated enough in this section. Finally, the line "in response to CRT being taught in schools" needs a big [citation needed] because I don't believe there are any known cases of curricula that include graduate-level critical theory in k-12 schooling. Perhaps "in response to the perception that CRT was being taught in schools" or "in response to the assertion from Christopher Rufo that CRT was being taught in schools." The section on DEI probably belongs on an entirely separate page, since DEI and CRT are two different things that are wrongly conflated for one another. Mccartneyac (talk) 13:05, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Not improvable?

This article is flagged with "multiple issues" and requests for improvement, but editing seems to be turned off. How does one improve the article if one is not permitted to edit it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.95.43.253 (talk) 19:06, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

If you look in the upper right corner of the article page, you will see a lock icon. Hover the mouse over the icon, and you will see text that the article is semi-protected. This means that only established, verified editors are allowed to edit the article. This is gets set when people using anonymous and/or throw-away accounts descend on an article to make changes that violate Wikipedia policies on reliable, third party sources. Please see Wikipedia protection policy for details. TechBear | Talk | Contributions 19:23, 6 November 2023 (UTC)