CRT

Having someone stand up and say that they are complicit in white supremacy is likely an infringement on their first amendment right to conscience; to be free from compelled speech

Private businesses can do what they like, they can base their business on crt if they want - but they can’t violate federal civil rights law and discrimination laws.

Three biggest problems:

  • race essentialism. An individual can be reduced to a racial category and then loaded with connotations (positive and negative
  • Collective guilt: holding people responsible for historical crimes and injusitices by those who may share some characteristics with you
  • State-sanctioned racial discrimination and segregation.