Diversity,
Inclusion, Equality, Equity, Fairness, and Justice
OR
The
New Institutional America’s Orthodoxy: "Critical Race Theory"
What
Shall It Be; What is It; and How, Should; or What Must Be Done To Fight It?-The
New Orthodoxy Theory That Is..?
The
tried and proven ways and means of preferred Ideas for mostly all Americans has
been steeply entrenched in the vision of the 1960’s Civil Rights movement led
by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Which
was largely achieved through and with the intervention use of the pen of
President Lyndon B. Johnson who sign laws into action for the Civil Rights Act
of 1964 and The Voting Rights Acts of 1965? Thus all within the pursuit of the
Great Society for the integrity, restoration, and the law and order right for all
humanity.
A
Word About The Critical Race Theory
It
was borne out of an academic discipline that was formulated in the 1990s built
on the premises of the framework of an identity that is linked and/or closely
akin to the basis of Marxism. Which for many years were relegated to
universities and obscure academic journals as it increasingly became the
default ideology in public institutions? Also, some semblance of it was injected
into a form of Diversity Training for:
·
Government
agencies
·
Public
school systems
·
Corporate
Human rights dept.
However,
it was soon dismissed and or discarded after the masters of the language gauge
constructionists realize it was a hard sell. Because on its face-it did not
codify with 14th, and 15th amendment, the Civil Rights
Act of 1964, nor The Voting Rights Act of 1965, therefore, it was deemed to
be rejected by the Critical Race Theorists-their thoughts were that it provides
a camouflage for white supremacists, patriarchy, and oppression.
Christopher
F. Rufo, who is the founder and director of Battlefront, a public policy research
center, a graduate of Georgetown University and a former Lincoln Fellow at the
Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy.
Mr. Rufo indicates that research shows the Marxist theory was built on
political programs on the theory of class conflict. Their belief was the
primary characteristics of industrialized societies were the imbalance of power
between capitalists and workers. The solution to that imbalance, according to
Marx, was a revolution: the workers would eventually gain consciousness of their plight,
seize the moment and means for production, overthrow the capitalists, and usher
in a new socialist society.
Futile
Resistance under POTUS #45
Thus
Far the flame of the Critical Race Theory has been fanned excessively and enormously
by POTUS #45. Any attempts to halt the encroachment of Critical Race Theory
have been ineffective, for these reasons:
·
The enormity of people has developed an acute fear of standing up and speaking out.
Especially when it involves social, , political or racial issues
·
Gallup the poll indicates that 77% of conservatives are afraid to share their opinions publicly.
Worried about getting mob on social media, fired from their jobs, or worse,
they remain quiet, largely ceding to the public debate to those pushing anti-American
ideologies
·
They
then becomes mono-culture: dogmatic, suspicious, and hostile to a diversity of
opinions
·
Most
believe that their company’s ‘equity and inclusion’ departments serve as
political offices, searching for and stamping out any dissent from the official orthodoxy
·
Secondly,
Critical Race issues are like a mouse-trap, Disagreements with programs
become irrefutable evidence of a dissenter’s ‘white fragility. Unconsciousness
bias, or internalized white supremacy
Mr.
Rufo goes on to say that, “In terms of principles we need to employ our own moral
language rather than allow ourselves to be confined by the categories of critical
race theory. Diversity is important and is generally good all about being
equal. However, we need to ratchet up the level of dialog and discussion in the
conversation. We should be talking about the aim toward ‘excellence’, a common
standard that challenges people of all backgrounds to achieve their potential. On
the scale of desirable ends, ‘excellence ’beats diversity every time. Above all
else, we must have courage-it’s the fundamental virtue. Courage to stand up and
speak the truth; Courage to face the mob; Courage to shrug off the scorn of the
elites; Courage to withstand the epithets. When enough of us overcome the fear
that currently prevents so many from speaking out, the hold of Critical Race
Theory will begin to slip. And Courage begets Courage. It’s easy to stop a lone
dissenter, it’s much harder to stop thousands or millions or more voices who
stand up together for the principles of America. Truth and Justice are on our
side. If we can muster the Courage, We Will Win.”
The
Clinton Foundation Launches New Action Network on Inclusive Economics
President
Bill Clinton hosted the third installment of building an inclusive recovery to
address racial and economic disparities. In his opening narrative utterance
President Clinton said, “It’s especially important that we work to address the
inequalities facing Blacks, Latinos, and Native Americans, and other
historically underserved communities who have borne the brunt of health and
economic consequences”
This
action network is a collaborative partnership that will build on a model that
has proven to be very effective in driving progress and responding to changing
circumstances in real-time, including the 2008 financial crisis during the
launch of CGI America. The Partnership commitment consists of The Rockefeller
Foundation, and the United Way.
The
Rockefeller Foundation will expand its “Opportunity Collective” to break down
barriers for capital access for Blacks and Latinos-owned businesses. The
project will support businesses in 12 cities. It shall provide small business
coaching, technical assistance, development of small business leadership, and composite investments of $12 million dollars.
United
Way of New York has committed to launching a “Campaign for Equity” to respond to
the urgent needs of the Black Communities and other communities of color. This campaign is valued at $50 million
dollars. It plans to help the systematic disparities by catalyzing partnerships
to drive resources, build capacity, promote advocacy, and create innovation
hubs for diverse stakeholders to maximize impact.
In the end, President Clinton said, “We firmly believe that when diverse groups of
people bring resources together in the spirit of true cooperation, transformative
ideas will emerge to drive life-changing action”
In my opinion this kind of esper-the decor of committed efforts of like-minded groups
in collaborative mode shall have a very positive and impactful outcome for
effective change. It shall go a long way
toward de-escalating and getting rid of the futile resistance of the Critical
Race Theory.
The
connection to and embracing the focus toward ‘excellence’ and grasping the
understanding of the power of “Courage” to stand up collectively together will
speak volumes for the principles of America to effect life-changing situations to have the best possible potential achievement
levels for all humanity.
The
focus and intent is to grasp the thought of consciousness for all Americans to
dote on the motto: “Togetherness is Key, We are better when working together collective”.
And in the final analysis, it would be prudent and good to foster the principle:
“Do unto others as you wish for them to do unto you”. Simply put, treat other people the same way
that you wish to be treated. #MINDFULNESS #RESPECTFORSELF #RESPECTFOROTHERS as
we all keep God, “In-Front-Of-Mind-Consciousness”
Steve
Braxton, CEO, Marketplace Consulting Group, Business Adviser, Independent
Corporate Board of Directors, Freelance Writer & Blogger, Author of
Non-fiction books, www.linkedin/in/steve-braxton939aa420/
http://blog.feedspot.com/money_making_blogs/
sbrax57@gmail.com
