BruceVC

Good points raised, there are plenty of credible media houses and independent analysts who have raised concerns with the entire notion of CRT and what its trying to create in the US education system So its not just a Conservative\Trump\Right-wing conspiracy theory despite what many people claim it to be But the good news is its been banned in many states and hopefully will continue to be banned

Whats wrong, did you get out of the wrong side of bed this morning...you sound ratty?

Its a good series and worthy of binge watching all seasons

You have no idea how easy it is to manifest symptoms of the virus and think you have it, I know in my direct family many times people have said " I must have the virus " and sometimes they do but mostly they dont which is confirmed after a test

I believe its inevitable that most of us will get Corona sometime, it will become like the flu as the variants become less deadly. When I say inevitable I mean you cannot avoid strangers or socializing with people forever, kids have to go back to school, young people have to go to back to University and many of us have work engagements and responsibilities. But end of the day the only effective way to ensure you not exposed to the virus is to isolate yourself which is not realistic for the majority of people The best solution is to ensure you vaccinated and boostered where applicable. I hope everyone has a speedy recovery

Nah, that just sounds like the " I cannot get ahead in life because of colonialism " card

This is an interesting and objective post, thanks for sharing

It would be great to hear your opinion GD, would be your definition for CRT? How would you describe it as it intersects with historical inequality ?

It would create an unimaginable horror thrust on us gamers .....Im having this recurring nightmare of sanitized ( your word and a good word ) RPGs from the like of Bethesda and Obsidian full of SJWism where you have to " make sure you considering the feelings of the diabolical, man-eating dragon and how you mustnt trigger it so it requires a safe space "

Now that would be a disaster but I dont think Disney can afford to buy Microsoft even if they wanted to sell which they dont

I knew you had murderous tendencies hidden inside you , I was just checking ....who doesnt like slaughtering Zombies sometimes, its not like you killing someone

Makes sense, its unusual for me to think about playing an RPG without wanting combat but I can see what you mean by having pacifist options as a measurement of true RP So I guess Zombie killing games like DY2 arent your forte ?

Interesting post, are saying when you play games you prefer to avoid combat generally?

Gorthfuscious we never considered this valid impact to the Sony share price, this makes Xbox much more powerful because of the widely supported portfolio of games that Activision owns ... I have never owned a console but if I had to buy one it would be an Xbox

But thats why you must select companions that are effective in combat and dont need to be babysit....thats my primary consideration in selecting party members ....then my second consideration is potential Romance options and my third is companion side quests which you dont necessarily know about until later but you sometimes can guess like when I freed the beautiful Viconia in BG2 from that evil and cruel mob that wanted to burn her at the stake just because she was a Drow, it was pure racism and I couldnt accept it

I agree, but its 191 pages not 120. Dont you know that everyone on this forum has read that link which is why we all experts on CRT. Please dont be lazy, go through it tonight and summarize the points you want to discuss tomorrow But also I see it was printed in 2001 so even Gromnir has posted an old and outdated opinion of CRT But in his defense he is the only person I have ever met who when I asked the question " can someone find the curriculum " has found something relevant or something curriculum based

Yes I agree, in most countries bigotry is not legislated but still exists in different ways in a societal and cultural level. I dont think the US is different to any other country I have worked or travelled to in this regard. But yes my point is around the legislative level because that is what " systemic " primarily means. And I can make direct comparisons based on my lived experience during Apartheid where their were laws that were definitely racist Also I dont know how many Americans you personally know and out of those Americans how many of them were racist in your opinion? I have met and interacted with hundreds of Americans personally and maybe 10-15% were racist IMO as most bigots are not open about it but you can make a fairly well informed guess without people explicitly stating " Im a bigot " by what they say or dont say. (And no this doesn't apply to me as I am not a racist\fascist despite what some people may think ) And the main reason I am sensitive to generalizations like " systemic racism is what country xx is about " is because a few people say the same thing about SA on talk shows and in some of our debates. Thats despite the fact we have a black government, white people are only 6 % of the total population and we have NO laws that discriminate against non-white people in anyway But the same criticism gets raised as "systemic " or something similar

You make some good points, I do agree with some of them But if its ridiculous that many people are objecting to something before they know what the curriculum is isnt it equally ridiculous that people are defending it without also knowing what the curriculum is ? Its seems both arguments are equally flawed ?

Yes you right, we not on the same page. Thats okay, we can agree to disagree and debate other topics

No thats not what I am saying, it has never been implemented in schools because it was banned before it was implemented. Thats my understanding. If it has been implemented then I cant find the curriculum at any school If you can find an example of what the curriculum is at US schools that would be great

Thats interesting, so any future PoE wont be because of Microsoft but rather disappointing sales numbers

I have no idea, what are you talking about ?

No CRT is not the same thing as evolution, their is real evidence of evolution But part of the problem with the discussion around CRT at schools is what @Chairchucker raised, you wont find a curriculum for it because its been banned but it still get raised. Gromnirs link is for a specific university and that is not the same thing as the school subject But the school curriculum does and must exist if its banned, so maybe someone can find us that so we have this debate? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/critical-race-theory-is-banned-in-these-states/ar-AAKWl5g @Chairchucker You asked what is the issue with CRT? Its about a selective and inaccurate portrayal of history of the US and that revisionist history will replicate around the world to all countries that had colonialism. To quote for the link above "the theory that racism is not merely the product of prejudice, but that racism is embedded in American society and its legal systems in order to uphold the supremacy of white persons." So basically most followers of CRT believe that the US is a country created by systemic racism and this is still the case. I disagree that is the case for several reasons that include , SA and Apartheid is an example of systemic racism where you had actual laws in the country that discriminate directly against black people The US is a country of 320 million people and 73 % of those people are white. Yet you had a black president for 2 terms so obviously white people would have had to vote for Obama. A country where systemic racism is real you wouldn't have seen this The US has millions of people desperate to immigrate to it and many of them are non-white. If the US was really racist why would so many non-white people want to immigrate their? You dont see the same levels of immigration to Russia or China Finally racism exists in the US but thats incidents and not systemic. I will always be opposed to sweeping, inaccurate generalizations of history and or current realities in the world

So the belligerence and bigotry of some white people means we going to create a selective and misleading view of history and suggest that the success, strength and influence of the US is because of oppression, slavery and racism? It cant be because of hard work, industriousness, sacrifice and the trials and tribulations of the first immigrants from Europe ? Yeah right, tell me another one

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