Schoolhouse Scapegoat

The Trump order went on to forbid training that seeks to "Teach" that one race or sex is inherently superior to another, that individuals, by virtue of their race or sex, are, consciously or unconsciously, inherently racist or sexist, that the U.S. is an inherently racist or sexist country, and that individuals should be discriminated against or otherwise treated on the basis of their race or sex.

The order also targeted training claiming that an individual, due to his race or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex or that meritocracy or other traits such as a hard work ethic are racist or sexist.

People should be treated on the basis of their race and sex at least insofar as the motive can be said to be "Benign" or "Compensatory."

As Ibram X. Kendi and other proponents of critical race theory would have it, any deviation of the latter from the former-at least if it results in the "Underrepresentation" of a panoply of groups thought to be disfavored-is assumed to be the result of "Entrenched" discrimination.

In order to achieve group parity, individuals must be treated differently on the basis of their race or sex without regard to their individual culpability or injury.

Even as we lived with-and many struggled against-exclusion on the basis of race, the tension with our founding principles was unavoidable.

For all its emphasis on individuality and tolerance, a pluralist and classically liberal society requires, for lack of a better word, a citizenry-a population regarded as equally entitled to its benefits and equally obligated to assume its responsibilities without regard to the incidentals of race, sex, sexuality, etc.

https://americanmind.org/salvo/schoolhouse-scapegoat/