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This is not the whole truth
Critical Race Theory accepts postmodernism top to bottom. Let's look at some quotes... https://twitter.com/KyleJamesHoward/status/1342949285873250304
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This is from Angela Harris in 1994. She argues the notions of "truth" and "justice" might just be a sort of mask for power.
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In that same paper, Harris argues that CRT is comitted to the "methods of CLS." You can see this in Pic 1

CLS refers to Critical Legal Studies, which is a postmodern theory of law (source: https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/thematic/critical-legal-studies/v-1)
3/In that same paper, Harris argues that CRT is comitted to the "methods of CLS." You can see this in Pic 1CLS refers to Critical Legal Studies, which is a postmodern theory of law (source: https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/thematic/critical-legal-studies/v-1)
3/In that same paper, Harris argues that CRT is comitted to the "methods of CLS." You can see this in Pic 1CLS refers to Critical Legal Studies, which is a postmodern theory of law (source: https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/thematic/critical-legal-studies/v-1)
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Harris continues, arguing thst postmodernisms strength is it's corrosiveness, and going on about the need for postmodernism.
4/Harris continues, arguing thst postmodernisms strength is it's corrosiveness, and going on about the need for postmodernism.
4/Harris continues, arguing thst postmodernisms strength is it's corrosiveness, and going on about the need for postmodernism.
4/Harris continues, arguing thst postmodernisms strength is it's corrosiveness, and going on about the need for postmodernism.
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Here Kimberlee Crenshaw states explicitly that the entire point of intersectionality was to blend politics with postmodern theory.
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In case you were wondering whether or not Critical Race Theory was it's own world view, Nathan Luis Cartenga, a philosophy professor from Wheaton College, says that it is.
6/In case you were wondering whether or not Critical Race Theory was it's own world view, Nathan Luis Cartenga, a philosophy professor from Wheaton College, says that it is.
6/In case you were wondering whether or not Critical Race Theory was it's own world view, Nathan Luis Cartenga, a philosophy professor from Wheaton College, says that it is.
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Dr. Cartenga Claims that CRT rejects postmodernism and cites Mari Matsuda as an example. The problem is a book she co-wrote says CRT uses postmodernism.
7/Dr. Cartenga Claims that CRT rejects postmodernism and cites Mari Matsuda as an example. The problem is a book she co-wrote says CRT uses postmodernism.
7/Dr. Cartenga Claims that CRT rejects postmodernism and cites Mari Matsuda as an example. The problem is a book she co-wrote says CRT uses postmodernism.
7/Dr. Cartenga Claims that CRT rejects postmodernism and cites Mari Matsuda as an example. The problem is a book she co-wrote says CRT uses postmodernism.
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