Judd Legum

Judd Legum @JuddLegum

@croman39 @Cornpop45866149 This doesn't explain it. 1/4 of the prison population is serving time for drug crimes. White people and black people use and sell drugs at similar rates. — PolitiTweet.org

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@GPIngersoll I’m extremely comfortable with my understanding of CRT because it is based on: 1. Studying CRT in law school, 2. Reading books But continue to convince yourself that I’m mistaken by tweeting random powerpoints from the internet — PolitiTweet.org

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@GPIngersoll If your argument is that corporate diversity trainings focused on how white people perceive themselves will not solve structural racism, we aren’t in disagreement. This is not “downstream” of CRT, however — PolitiTweet.org

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@GPIngersoll As I explain in the piece the concepts you claim are “downstream” of CRT are actually the opposite of CRT’s core tenets. Would again recommend reading a book — PolitiTweet.org

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7. In the coming days, I'll be exploring the web of non-profits, elected officials, and media figures that have been pushing misinformation about CRT into politics And the $ that is financing this effort Sign up for updates and accountability journalism https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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@Cornpop45866149 What's the reason. I'll wait. — PolitiTweet.org

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@GPIngersoll Here is an idea: If you want to learn about CRT, which is a LEGAL theory read a book from any of the dozens of prominent legal scholars who have been publishing on the topic since the 1980s. The idea that corporate diversity training is a representation of CRT is a total joke. — PolitiTweet.org

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6. You can disagree with this but, if so, you should offer a different explanation about why we incarcerate Black Americans at dramatically higher rates than whites. https://t.co/8GHvYuEyya — PolitiTweet.org

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5. Blacks are 12% of the general population and 33% of the prison population. Whites are 63% of the general population and 30% of the prison population. CRT explains how structural racism embedded in the law creates this inequity. https://t.co/8GHvYuEyya — PolitiTweet.org

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@GPIngersoll I recommend you read a book. CRT scholars do talk about white privilege. But that doesn't mean the answer is white people feeling guilty or attending diversity trainings. — PolitiTweet.org

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4. CRT is about answering a fundamental Q: Why, after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 created formal legal equality between racial groups, does substantive racial inequality persist? You don't have to agree w/CRT's answers but maybe don't lie about them? https://t.co/8GHvYuEyya — PolitiTweet.org

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3. In his new bill "banning" CRT funding, @SenTedCruz says CRT teaches that white people are "inherently flawed." Actually, a core tenant of CRT is that RACE IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT The point is that there are no inherent differences between races https://t.co/8GHvYuEyya — PolitiTweet.org

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2. For example, @sullydish claims CRT is about teaching teaching "white kids to internalize their complicity in evil." But CRT is about how STRUCTURES — not INDIVIDUALS — create racial inequality Individuals — good or bad — are largely irrelevant https://t.co/8GHvYuEyya — PolitiTweet.org

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1. The way the right is talking about Critical Race Theory isn't just wrong. In many case the right is attributing ideas to CRT that are the EXACT OPPOSITE of CRT's core tenants It's cynical political manipulation. Follow along if interested. https://t.co/8GHvYuEyya — PolitiTweet.org

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This explanation from @Toyota about why they've given to 37 members of Congress who voted to overturn the election was taken word-for-word from a memo issued by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in March. https://t.co/VXnjFOr2RY — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s not anti-American to read a book — PolitiTweet.org

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Actually, Critical Race Theory makes a lot of good points that are worth learning about — PolitiTweet.org

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This is exactly wrong. Tens of millions of people believe it is real. This is the same attitude that got Trump elected. He wasn’t taken seriously by his primary opponents, who thought he was entertainment. By the time they realized he was a legitimate threat, it was too late. — PolitiTweet.org

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Bill Barr did not save democracy — PolitiTweet.org

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@missykender @Ford @Toyota Separate from advertising on Tucker but these are donations from 2019/2020 — PolitiTweet.org

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@adamdavidson Same — PolitiTweet.org

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Just in case there was any confusion. — PolitiTweet.org

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I personally would like your run for Senate in Ohio to be more about "support from actual voters" and less about "$10 million from your billionaire buddy Peter Theil" — PolitiTweet.org

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Chauvin gets 270 months (22.5 years) for murdering George Floyd — PolitiTweet.org

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Chauvin gets 20 years, 3 months for murdering George Floyd — PolitiTweet.org

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Also, telling the family of the man you murdered that you have secret information that will make them feel better at some point in the future is deranged and offensive — PolitiTweet.org

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This statement includes absolutely no remorse whatsoever. — PolitiTweet.org

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Critical Race Theory did not kill George Floyd — PolitiTweet.org

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One thing to keep in mind is the same groups who pushing bills to "ban Critical Race Theory" today were pushing bills to "ban same-sex marriage" in the 1990s. It's not about solving actual problems. It's about motiving right-wing voters. — PolitiTweet.org

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One giveaway that Critical Race Theory opponents have no idea what CRT is about is they claim that CRT is about "race essentialism" when actually a core tenant of CRT is that race is socially constructed — PolitiTweet.org