"It proposed that there were laws in the United States, antebellum laws prior to the Civil War, that led to a power differential with African Americans that were three-quarters of a human being when this country was formed," he explained. Milley passionately explained that the racial theories being debated stem from efforts at Harvard Law School and the legacy that systemic racism has left the nation. "I personally find it offensive that we are accusing the United States military, our general officers, our noncommissioned officers of being, quote, woke, or something else, because we're studying some theories that are out there," he said. So what is wrong with having some situational understanding about the country for which we are here to defend?"Īs Milley continued, his brow furrowed deeper and his voice grew sterner. "I've read Mao Zedong, I've read Karl Marx, I've read Lenin," he said. Milley acknowledged that he needs to better familiarize himself with critical race theory, but dismissed concerns that learning about it would be dangerous. For example, bank policies from a century ago on who they would give mortgages to have had long-term effects on zoning and hurt desegregation efforts.īut critics argue that critical race theory and its proponents are fostering racial intolerance by dividing people into groups based on their identities, and teaching that America is a fundamentally racist country. "What is it that caused thousands of people to assault this building and try to overturn the Constitution of the United States of America? What caused that? I want to find out."Ĭritical race theory was developed in academia in the late 1970s and early 1980s it argues that racism is not just a matter of individual people's biases, but something that has been embedded in systems and policies throughout the United States over long periods of time. "I want to understand White rage, and I'm White," he said.
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