"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed... 'We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal'.
I have a dream that one day out in the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by their character." — MLK 1963
Sons of slaves and sons of slaveowners can sit down together at the table of brotherhood. Mississippi an oasis of FREEDOM and justice. Children NOT judged by colour of skin.
None of these things are on the radar with CRT. Dr. King's dream of no racism IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. For the CRT advocate, you must be ANTI racist, actively taking steps to end it (meaning being an activist, meaning bothering other people).
You will not be hearing Dr. King's quotes anymore. They have been fodder for progressivism for more than fifty years, morally clear and permanently true, thus useful as a club to strike about the head and shoulders the last remnants of old fashioned racism. Useful BECAUSE TRUE, and still true today.
CRT, on the other hand, is Marxism disguised. It's classism with a confusing veil of colour -- black vs. white is equal to proletariat vs. bourgeoisie. Same principles.
You can tell it's Marxism by the number of people in the higher class who are terrified of being cancelled and instantly begin saying loudly and publicly the things they hope will prevent the activist from moving on them. You can tell it's Marxism by the number of thick headed young people who lunge for the moral credibility of this set of positions, desperate to be taken as better, desperate for some kind of respect.
You can tell its Marxism by the lack of sympathy and lack of humour and lack of humanity in the philosophy.
MLK was about humanity trumping racism.
CRT is about rigid compliance and punishment of the other.