Cartoon Network Presents Critical Race Theory for Kids

[signalmankenneth]

We teach children two contradictory lessons about the truth. The first is not to lie. The second is that you sometimes need to lie to avoid hurt feelings. The newest anti-racism PSA put out by Cartoon Network cleverly exploits both lessons. In the ad, Pearl from ‘Steven Universe’ informs students that there are problems with the way schools are teaching them history:

“I worry about you humans. Because you only live, what, about a hundred years? And you rely on these stories to know your own history.”

Given that Pearl is an alien with an extended lifespan, her observation is fair. Because human lives are finite, we have no choice but to rely on stories passed down by our elders as a chronicle of our civilization and achievements. In this endeavor, truth serves a uniquely important function.

She tells the story of Lewis Latimer, Black inventor of the filament inside lightbulbs, who receives scant if any mention in the textbooks in favor of white science savior Thomas Alva Edison. That’s a “One To Grow On” moment that anyone but the most fervent bigot can get behind. But that’s not what this PSA is really about. Pearl moves onto the meat of her argument:

“Thanks to systemic racism, most of your storytellers prioritized white accomplishments which leaves you with an incomplete picture. These textbooks are incomplete. There were Black Roman warriors, Black medieval knights, Black classical musicians, Black cowboys, Black fighter pilots. Where are they?”

https://bookandfilmglobe.com/politics/cartoon-network-joins-the-critical-race-theory-revolution/

Yasuke Black Samurai statue in Japan

The anime movie Afro Samurai is based on him!

 

[T. A. Gardner]

[FONT=&]We teach children two contradictory lessons about the truth. The first is not to lie. The second is that you sometimes need to lie to avoid hurt feelings. The newest anti-racism PSA put out by Cartoon Network cleverly exploits both lessons. In the ad, Pearl from ‘Steven Universe’ informs students that there are problems with the way schools are teaching them history:
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[FONT=&]Given that Pearl is an alien with an extended lifespan, her observation is fair. Because human lives are finite, we have no choice but to rely on stories passed down by our elders as a chronicle of our civilization and achievements. In this endeavor, truth serves a uniquely important function.
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[FONT=&]She tells the story of Lewis Latimer, Black inventor of the filament inside lightbulbs, who receives scant if any mention in the textbooks in favor of white science savior Thomas Alva Edison. That’s a “One To Grow On” moment that anyone but the most fervent bigot can get behind. But that’s not what this PSA is really about. Pearl moves onto the meat of her argument:
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[FONT=&]“Thanks to systemic racism, most of your storytellers prioritized white accomplishments which leaves you with an incomplete picture. These textbooks are incomplete. There were Black Roman warriors, Black medieval knights, Black classical musicians, Black cowboys, Black fighter pilots. Where are they?”

So, CN decides to run their own slanted version of history. Edison gets credit for the light bulb not because he was the first guy to have that idea, or try one, but because his worked efficiently and for a protracted period making it viable for general use. There were a number of previous inventors that tried to make a light bulb, and all failed because they couldn't find a material that would work longer than a few minutes or was so fragile that any disturbance of the light would cause it to fail.

The same might be said of the periodic table. The Mendeleev table that is commonly used is only one of a number of variants. But it gained the most widespread use and worked so it's the standard. I personally think this version is better:

Certainly, Microsoft's Windows, and DOS before it, are not the best computer operating systems, but they are the most widely adopted and that's what counts.

There were Asian warriors, knights, etc., just as there were Native American ones. So? Hannibal, the famous general of the Carthaginian Empire was at a minimum part Black and possibly all African. Certainly, his younger brother, Hasdrubal, was Black from the depictions of him. So?

Just another media outlet where idiots are writing the stories...