Critical Race Theory

[Irreligious Atheist]

@Irreligious Atheist

I want to point out that another major theme of the book (New Kid) was the importance of being open to trying new things.  Jordan was reluctant to try the new school, he was reluctant to attend the art class even though he considered himself an artist, he was reluctant to try sports.  But those things were better than he expected and he learned from them.  Alexandria was reluctant to allow people to see her scar for fear they would make fun of her, but that turned out to be not an issue.  Liam was reluctant for Jordan to visit his home because it was grandiose and he feared Jordan would judge him, but Jordan responded well and their friendship flourished.  Even Ms Rawls was quick to judge Jordan's sketch book and reluctant to go a little deeper to understand his point of view, but eventually listened to him and came to understand him better.  This was demonstrating how people can have pre-programmed expectations about other people, but that listening and considering can open them up to understanding.  I think this is where you are, IA.  You are just projecting your programmed expectations onto this book.  Reducing this book to a simple and inane lesson that blacks need to stand up for themselves is wildly flawed and ignorant.  Its like saying the theme of Star Wars was beware of people wearing white space suits.

I actually liked the book for the most part, but I didn't know I was required to write a five page book report on it running down every little detail. My apologies. I focused on the getting the name wrong part the most because this is related to a very recent news story that I brought up, where two black female university students complained to the school about their professor mixing up their names (after they walked into class late and while they were wearing masks covering most of their faces, no less), and now this professor is no longer at the school. This was an extremely woke professor too, so this just goes to show you that no amount of wokeness and apologising for your privilege will ever be enough for some people. The woke will always end up eating their own. This is not the direction we want to be going in as a society, imo, but it may be too late to stop it and we may just have to accept that this is the world now.