As one who appreciates your Thought for the Day, I couldn’t help but notice the ironic contrast with the weekend edition’s thought and today’s ideology. The April 24-25 Thought for the Day said “you don’t become a good person by believing you are a bad one.” Our schools and even our library are teaching critical race theory, which professes that white kids are inherently oppressors and non-white children are victims of that oppression. Both put an unfair burden on these kids. When I was in school, we were taught that everyone is equal and we should think for ourselves. I wish they were still teaching critical thinking instead of critical race theory. To quote another Englishman: “Hey teacher, leave those kids alone.”
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Here is a quote by Thomas Sowell, PhD, that may apply to where our education system is headed. Dr. Sowell said, “When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.”
Well written, Mr. Donnelly. Critical thinking should become a mandatory class as it would help much more people in life than a bogus critical race theory that perpetuates racism. Will these critical race theory classes lead to a revival of the KKK that Democrats established in the mid-1800s? Time will tell, but it appears there is more racial divisiveness today and blaming it on the 75% of white people in America isn’t a compelling, or winning argument. It may, however, lead to covert discrimination and perpetuate racism.
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Hi, Tim
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Here is a quote by Thomas Sowell, PhD, that may apply to where our education system is headed. Dr. Sowell said, “When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.”
That seems to be how things have played out. Thanks for sharing that.
Well written, Mr. Donnelly. Critical thinking should become a mandatory class as it would help much more people in life than a bogus critical race theory that perpetuates racism. Will these critical race theory classes lead to a revival of the KKK that Democrats established in the mid-1800s? Time will tell, but it appears there is more racial divisiveness today and blaming it on the 75% of white people in America isn’t a compelling, or winning argument. It may, however, lead to covert discrimination and perpetuate racism.
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