Thesna Aston
2 min readJul 1, 2021

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Thank you for a great article. As a CRT Practitioner, who educates on this, I agree with bringing CRT into our everyday conversations by "simplifying" the understanding of it so that it doesn't "sound" as academic. One of the problems I see when reading some responses here is the individualism involved. The "Me, Me, but I" as opposed to viewing it from a sociology and historical aspect. Any research in any area of life is done by including several people and not one person and therein lies the problem. I feel as if White people are always looking at things from an individual aspect than a societal or historical one. As an example, let's say that globally serial killers are white, male, between the age of 25 to 45 years, immediately it triggers a response such as, "not me, not all white people." So instead of looking at it as fact and research, it's taken "personally" and interpreted to mean, "all white people are bad." Which is not true and should not be interpreted that way. Strangely though when let's say research has shown that more Black men are incarcerated for petty crimes, it's then viewed as "so Black people are inherently violent." Which is again incorrect. The responses in fact prove what CRT is all about. Shouting out white history doesn't and can't "delete" Black or brown history, just because white history is the one being taught the most. People need to apply a different level of consciousness and critical thinking to understand why CRT is important and that it in fact teaches social cohesion and not racial hatred.

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Thesna Aston
Thesna Aston

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The complexities of life are simplified through my Writing. Human Rights Activist. Grateful for my life & family. Writing is healing. Love is in need of Love.

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