CRT Contra Rational views on racism

There's an interesting overlap between critical race theory contra rational views and materialism contra theism, using a comparison I heard many years ago.

The theist is, by definition, less biased than the materialist on this basis: by choosing materialism, the materialist has automatically ruled out any supernatural causes, even if the evidence points in that direction.

The theist, however, is free to let the evidence lead where it may: if it leads to natural explanations, so be it. If it leads to supernatural explanations, so be it. The theist is free to follow wherever the evidence leads, but the materialist has already put a halter on the evidence, restricting them from going down specific paths.

This is similar to critical race theory contra rational views.

Under critical race theory, racism must be part of the answer, if not the whole explanation. There is no option for a non-racist explanation, regardless of the evidence.

Whereas with rational views, we can first look at the evidence, and then decide. Maybe racism is part of the answer; maybe it's the whole answer. But there's also the possibility that racism is not the answer at all.

This is why I reject CRT: not because I think there is no racism (I don't; I've seen plenty of racism in my life). Not because I think everything they say is wrong (though there are plenty of errors there).

I reject CRT because the premise fundamentally opposes an honest investigation of evidence.