With the author’s statements, “the root concept of DiAngelo’s ‘white solidarity’ that all whites hold views, perspectives and experiences that are all innately the same” and “the opposite of this is true as well, as people of color all must share views, perspectives and experiences that coincide,” he seeks to equate these experiences as the same when they are not. The author notes that “… if one probes deeper into intersectionality and race theory’s canon, you will see what any rational person may view its contents as actual racism.” This comment leads to my sixth point where I wonder if the author has, in fact, read items on intersectionality or critical race theory? Is the author stating that individuals are not discriminated against because of their intersecting identities of race, class, sex, religion, sexual identity, etc.? I would venture a guess that the answer to my first question is “no” based on the overgeneralized statements made. Du Bois, César Chávez, Martin Luther King, Jr.” (pp. Furthermore, Delgado and Stefancic point out that critical race theory finds grounding in the works of “Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, W. Yet his words are often used as a troupe to provoke colorblind ideology, which is antithetical to his legacy. did speak vehemently and directly about race relations and the violence committed against black Americans. However, I find it important to point out that race has systematically been used to control persons of color economically, politically and socially.įor my fourth point, while I could not tell if the author was making a case for organized religion, I can agree with the quote, “even more troubling is that for many more, these racial or intersectional political ideologies function more akin to a secular ‘religion.’” As I completed a masters of divinity degree from Emory University, I agree that the social statutes of race continue to serve as ideological truth and are left as critically unexamined as religious doctrine. The article states that “race functions as the foundation of political ideology.” The author seems to be using this as evidence that race is used as a political agenda by those who discuss race. My third point is to provide a counter-narrative to the author’s comments on race and politics. Therefore, for those that do experience race in real ways, CRT provides research-based truth. Delgado & Stefancic (2017) also note that critical race theory provides the study and transformation of the “relationship among race, racism, and power” (p.3). Additionally, eminent critical race scholars, Ladson-Billings and Tate (1995) share that race is the central construct for understanding inequality (p. The sole premise of the book referenced by Bonilla-Silva is that, although race is a social construct, race still has a “real social reality” (p.8). Secondly, I’d like to touch on the author’s statement that, “Race is the most arbitrary and least important aspect of myself.” Although this may be the writer’s experience, centuries of history prove otherwise, with overwhelming evidence of inequality in public school access/funding, redlining, voter suppression, and disproportionately more people of color in prison – with only stereotypes/ideologies, not evidence that black and brown people are more violent, just to name a few. The author is using “individuality” to center his argument on himself, without regard to the lived experiences of thousands of other students on this campus. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva (2014), who states, “individualism” has been used since the 1950s, but has now “been recast as justification for opposing policies to ameliorate racial inequality…” (p. I will follow up with a letter on intersectionality.įirst, in the “Intersectionality, critical race theory serve as political ideologies” letter the author states that he does not “subscribe to intersectionality but rather to individuality.” This comment took me back to my Educational Sociology course where I read Dr. While this is my first public letter, I thought I would offer some insight into critical race theory (CRT).
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