“Telling people that they are racist—on the basis of immutable characteristics, using incomprehensible definitions that they may not know or understand—then claiming they are “fragile” and in denial when they try to defend themselves, or accusing them of “gaslighting” when they don’t agree with you, is a punitive way of treating people, whatever their colour.” RacismCrueltyGroupthinkCritical Race TheoryWhite Fragility Book:Cynical Therapies: Perspectives on the Antitherapeutic Nature of Critical Social Justice Source: Cynical Therapies: Perspectives on the Antitherapeutic Nature of Critical Social Justice
“There is also a risk that repeatedly telling people they are victims may lead them to develop a sense of “learned helplessness” and a belief that they have no control over their lives, leaving them vulnerable to depression. Yet, CRT would accuse anyone from a minority group who expressed such contrary views of having “internalised oppression” or of “acting white”.” DepressionTherapyCritical Race TheoryLearned Helplessness Book:Cynical Therapies: Perspectives on the Antitherapeutic Nature of Critical Social Justice Source: Cynical Therapies: Perspectives on the Antitherapeutic Nature of Critical Social Justice