5th Period Critical Race Theory Tenets by Carina Leung

2025005_10 — 2025-03-26 17:37:17 UTC

Sinai Berih

The CRT tenet the most important is the social construction of race. What social construction of race means is that race is not a biological reality but something that society has made, and it explains why racial inequalities still happen even after the civil rights. I think it's important because it challenges the way people think about race as something fixed when it's been a way in history to justify oppression. I relate to this tenet because of my experiences growing up in an immigrant family. My parents are from Eritrea, and I've seen how people perceive me and how it changes based on context. For example, at school, I'm seen as Black, but when I'm with my people/community, I'm seen as something more than that. This has made me wonder why society tries to fit people into certain racial categories.

2025-03-27 00:52:57 UTC

The CRT tenet I find most important is the third tenet about race being a social construction. Race is something that people are not born with; instead, people are grouped based on their physical traits. Growing up, I had seen how racial stereotypes influenced the way my classmates thought about race. For example, when I was in elementary school, many people assumed that Indian was its race, and one time I had to fill out a form, and one of the questions was about what race I was. When I put Asian down, one of the kids in my class said that I was not Asian and that I was Indian because I did not look Asian. This personal experience emphasizes how these societal constructs impact individuals.

My question about this lesson is about intersectionality and how these overlapping identities, such as race and class, present challenges that can combine and make it even more challenging. How could we design solutions to address the many levels of oppression people face?

AlexDzul — 2025-03-27 04:40:19 UTC

The CRT tenet I found the most important was the fifth tenet about intersectionality. People dont have to have just one defining characteristic that makes up their whole identity, they can have many parts in their identity. For example, a person can be Mexican, a woman, and an activist at the same time. I relate to this tenet because since I am a Mexican girl people would see me and categorize me as just being a woman or Mexican and nothing more besides those two things. People would have certain beliefs or stereotypes of me because of those two defining features they categorize me in. Like yes, I am a Mexican woman but I'm also Christian, I love sweet/savory foods, my Spanish isn't great, and I'm more introverted. I can have multiple characteristic traits and defining aspects about me that make up my personality and Identity. The tenet I still have questions about is the “differential racialization and its many concerns”, how the different racializations of various minority groups change over time, and whether there happen to be positive or negative consequences due to the racializations.

2025204_3 — 2025-03-28 15:09:03 UTC

The CRT that I found most interesting was the one about intersectionality which was the fifth tenant. Intersectionality basically means that no one has a single , easily stated, unitary identity. I found this interesting because everyone has evolved in their own way, basically meaning everyone has made up their own identities in their own way. An example of this would be a person of color but at the same time they are an activist or they care a lot about politics. I can relate to this tenant because I grew up in a Mexican household and everyone around me referred to me as Hispanic and a woman, but they never got to know the real me. For example I love playing soccer, I love math, I love animals, I care about women's rights and I love food and experiencing new things. Another reason I relate to this is because growing up people called me chinita since I was a little asian looking when i was a baby and it kind of stuck until i started growing out of the feature. One tenant I still have questions about is the social construction thesis because, why would someone create race, why would someone make people feel like they don't belong. -aly

2025079_6 — 2025-03-28 20:45:23 UTC

To me, the most important CRT tenet is intersectionality, where people can have multiple identities. I find this important because many people do not identify themselves with one single identity. Intersectionality creates many different experiences for individuals as well as leads to experiencing different types of oppression and discrimination. This is important to create inclusive and diverse social justice movements where many identities are represented. I've experienced this in my own life by being an asian female. Growing up, I've always been defined and seen as asian and only asian. I didn't like how I was always being stereotyped by others and wished I was seen for my other identities. Not only am I asian and proud of my culture, I have other interests, hobbies, and identities. I've also seen my peers be affected by this same problem of being defined as one identity which shows me how important intersectionality is and how important it is to embrace our other identities and experiences.

2025-03-28 20:48:13 UTC

The CRT theory I found as the most important tenet is of social construction. Its defined as something or someone that is being judged and created or formed by society than natrually becoming that way. To me, this tenet is important because it explains how racial categories work and how it was formed over time. A way how i relate to this is when i visted in Peru to visit my family members- people recognized me differently like im a part of their family (which i am) but i feel like people categorize me more in the U.S. than people in Peru. it taught me how race is definitely not about genetics but how people define ourselves and categorize it. there is one question i have, specifically for interest convergence, has there ever been a certain time where the racial progress happened but without benefitting people who had some power?

2025-04-01 04:04:45 UTC

One of the 6 CRT tenets I find most important is the 5th CRT which is “the idea that each race has its own origins and ever evolving history–is the notion of intersectionality and anti-essentialism”. There are so many different ways people can identify and because of this it adds to the history of our culture and makes it richer. Through this, we are able to recognize how different cultures aren’t just stereotypes but people with more than what’s on the outside. Each and everyone of us have specific identities that make up who we are. For example, my ethnicity is Mexican and my nationality is American. To some, this may be contradicting but it’s an important part of my identity that makes up a really big part of who I am. This also ties to how Mexican Americans are viewed as not from here or there. In America, I am recognized as Mexican only. And in Mexico, I am considered American only. It's kind of strange how people forget to realize that you can be both. Being born in America shouldn't make me any less Mexican. This is why learning of intersectionality should be essential so others can also recognize how different identities shape a person. It can be very demeaning when you're told you aren't apart of something, despite telling them that you are. We are all more than just what we show but unfortunately our identities became distorted to fit simplified categories, changing everyone's general view of an individual.

marielaisabelo21 — 2025-04-01 21:23:16 UTC

The CRT tenet that I found to be the most important was the first tenet because it emphasizes that racism is ordinary and not rare. It is important that people understand that racism is not just about the extremes that come with it, but also how it has been built into our society and is often seen in education, law enforcement, and so much more. This matters because it shows that racism is not something that can just go away, because even when laws change racism can still be shown in different ways. Making it clear to people that racism is ordinary can help people focus on changing the perspective of things and the different systems. An experience that I've had that is similar to this tenet is how when I watch the news I see how racism is normalized through the things that people say and how sometimes it doesn't even cross anyone's mind .It pushes people to create solutions for racism and to not just normalize it. Racism is a common everyday experience that a lot of people go through and it has been “normalized” in our society and it’s time that people become more aware of this so that we can make a change.