Soledad O’Brien’s “Expert” On Critical Race Theory Lied.
Posted by RB in Blog on March 12, 2012 10:29 am / 31 comments
Seeking to do damage control over her hackery last week, Soledad O’Brien brought on a guest – with no opposing viewpoints, by the way – who she claims “wrote the book” on Critical Race Theory.
Pay close attention to the main argument: Critical Race Theory “is nothing about white supremacy.”
That’s really interesting considering this same lady, Dorothy Brown, who “wrote the book on CRT”, said this in the book about CRT:
Although CRT does not employ a single methodology, it seeks to highlight the ways in which the law is not neutral and objective, but designed to support White supremacy and the subordination of people of color.
Now, I’m not a Harvard graduate but when you compare what Dorothy Brown told O’Brien to what she wrote about CRT, there seems to be a very large discrepancy. What’s going on here?
Is it possible that Brown and O’Brien are trying to mislead CNN’s viewers?
According to the hacktastic Tommy Christopher, Brown also dismissed another aspect of the story. That being that Obama wasn’t really all that influenced by Bell.
Asked if she sees any of CRT’s influence in President Obama, Prof. Brown responded, “No. I see no footprints. I see no vapors. I see none of Critical Race Theory in President Obama, either in his writings, or what he’s actually done in office. I am dumb struck by that statement.”
Well, we’ve already seen one lie from Ms. Brown. Tommy Christopher takes it at face value. The “expert” has proved that the story the Left has been calling a nothingburger for over a week now is really not a story.
Except for the fact that I’ve shown where Obama was clearly influenced by Bell’s theory, contrary to Ms. Brown’s assertion.
Hmmm. Maybe this is why they didn’t want us to look into Bell during 2008?
(h/t to @Mermaz)
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Are they really this stupid? Or do they think we’re this stupid? Or are they insane? I can’t think of any other possibilities.
Ms. O’Brien is already famous for being a biased hack journalist. This just adds to her history as a biased hack journalist. It did not “set the record straight.”
The rest of the Brown paragraph you pulled that quote from is even worse, IMHO: “One of CRT’s central tenets is the pervasiveness of racism in American society. At its core, CRT accepts the notion that even in the twenty-first century, if you are a person of color in America, you are the victim of racial subordination.”
Does Obama agree with that? I’d sure like to know.
Kagen needs to be removed from the Supreme Court right away. She does not believe in our Constitution. How can she be trusted to uphold it?
I am SO physically sick of the double standard on this subject.
These exact same people were leading the charge to hound Trent Lott out of the Senate over some completely vague, inocuous kind remarks at a 100 y/o friend’s birthday party. “What darkness must lurk in Lott’s soul for him to say such a thing?? And surely such a man is not fit to lead the U.S. Senate!”
Reversing the races works miracles, doesn’t it? Apparently there is no degree of black racial radicalism for which it’s reasonable or decent for a white person to be concerned. It’s always ridiculed as paranoia over the “scary black man.” The exact same browbeating was given to anyone who criticized Black Panthers with night sticks outside a freaking polling place!
[...] *UPDATE: Did Brown mislead viewers? [...]
I love when these people hide like bugs when the curtain is pulled back and light shines on what they say amongst themselves.
If they were sitting in a college classroom, all heads would be nodding in agreement if Bell’s work was described as claiming the US is a white supremist society, and they’d all add, “Of course, he’s right on the money here…”
But instead of standing behind their beliefs and trying to convince the rest of us boobs and rednecks they are right, they try to bury it. And if someone does let the cat out of the bag, they try to destroy them.
What? Someone on the left trying to mislead voters? Say it ain’t so, Joe!
RB, excellent catch! How do I donate to your work?
WOW…simply WOW. Did Professor Brown just have convenient amnesia on what she herself wrote…or did she wilfully mis-represent her own analysis? Does she even deserve the benefit of the doubt with here forceful refutation of Mr. Pollack?
Almost starting to feel sorry for Ms. O’Brien…can’t win for losing.
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Excellent find, RB.
Truly a smashing blow to the credibility of a major news outlet.
Salute.
Put on your big girl panties and deal with it…the consequence of lying and “positioning” political correctness to sound good is despicable. Some of us who see through your baloney are crying foul. Get over it.
sent this info to Rush Limbaugh, Lee Stranahan, Joel Pollak and about 15 others. Expect this to be heavily linked. Excellent work!
Emory Professor Dorothy Brown: The woman who wrote THE book on CRT…..and then forgot what it said!
Professor Brown said on Soledad’s show “Professor Bell’s argument is, you know, maybe if we had gotten fully funded separate but equal, that might have been a better alternative to what we have today.”
Really! Derick Bell supported separate but equal!
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[...] conservative critics weren’t satisfied at all with that segment either. The Right Sphere even pointed out that professor Brown’s book contradicts what she and Soledad said on CNN. So when Soledad [...]
What the he’ll is wrong with these people? Race isn’t supposed to matter but they make sure it does. Just ignore the dumb asses!
I’d like to hear an explination of ” fully funded separate but equal”. Who gets to do the funding? Kinda sounds like the old- reparations- idea to me.
How would that be in the best interest of a free society of equals?
So typical of the blind support for Obama from the MSM, including CNN. I have never liked Soledad and almost never waste my time with CNN. She is a great liar however – she needs credit for something.
Just another reason America was duped by this so called all American Christian President we elected, (not including my vote of course).
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