Jewish Privilege Is Real

Teaching white Americans about their “white privilege” is becoming a major industry. Last year, for instance, Sandia National Laboratories, which works primarily on designing nuclear weapons for the government, provided several days of anti-racism training for its white executives. The trainers helped the executives expose the “roots of white male culture,” which consists of “rugged individualism,” “a can-do attitude,” “hard work,” and “striving toward success,” all of which, the executives were informed, is “devastating” for women and people of color.

I suspect that eschewing “hard work” and a “can-do attitude” will not do much for Sandia’s bottom line. Nor is it clear how the reeducation of their white colleagues will help black executives.

President Trump recently issued an executive order banning government monies being spent on the teaching of critical race theory. But that order will surely be rescinded if Trump loses, and, in any event, it will continue to be taught on a large scale in corporate America.

And what is critical race theory (CRT), for the non-cognoscenti? Here is how advocates describe it: “CRT recognizes that racism is ingrained in the fabric and system of American society…. CRT identifies that these [existing] power structures are based on white privilege and white supremacy, which perpetuates the marginalization of people of color. CRT also rejects the traditions of liberalism and meritocracy. Legal discourse says that the law is neutral and color-blind; however, CRT challenges this legal ‘truth’ by examining liberalism and meritocracy as a vehicle for self-interest, power, and privilege.”