Critical Race Theory

[Rev. Rye]

I have yet to actually read New Kid, but looking at IA's response to it, I have to ask: how certain are we that it (and other things like it) are teaching black kids to find any potential microagression worth throwing a shit fit over? From what little I understand of the black experience (and I'm not 100% convinced such a thing is possible), it seems more like many black kids have already felt the way Jerry does and, if it's teaching anything, it's that they're not alone in feeling the way they do. If it's meant to be teaching anyone anything, it seems like it's trying to teach white people to be more mindful in their interactions with black people. It sounds like it's no more teaching black kids to be resentful than Catcher in the Rye taught teenagers to be resentful back in the day.

I admit I'd have to read it to be certain, and I'll probably either find a copy the next time I go to the library or find it via some... less than legal methods. And given that you listened to an audiobook, and it's a graphic novel, it's also possible that something might be missing from the visual dimension. But, going from what you've said about it, and the discourse on race in general, I doubt this take will be too far off base.