CRT/intersectionality; data on mask mandates for kids in schools; my conversation with a state representative and ideas for public health education

Rational in Portland

English - August 21, 2021 04:45 - 1 hour - 141 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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Previous Episode: Special guest, a fellow working Portland mom; schools and masking; crime in Portland neighborhoods

Next Episode: Police standing down in the face of threatened violence from Proud Boys/Antifa; Garbage in Portland; Homeless camp for years at Cleveland High School; and the city's plan to sprinkle the homeless throughout Portland neighborhoods

In this episode, we talk about:

Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality, particularly acknowledging the brilliant legal mind of the woman who started it all in 1989: Kimberle Crenshaw

Practical limitations of CRT in real life

Portland's obsession with identity politics

My kid's experience at sleepaway camp, wherein the camp was obsessed with pronouns and she was told that she could be sent home if she identified someone by the incorrect pronoun (she would never do that intentionally)

White grievance politics and "steel man" arguments that a Trump voter like JD Vance might make in opposition to intersectionality

The latest news that the FDA may approve the Pfizer vaccine on Monday and whether that will change any minds of the vaccine hesitant

Mask mandates and data

Data concerning mask mandates for kids in school (there isn't any)

The Duke study touted by the NYT that claims to support masking in schools (there wasn't a control group)

My conversation with a state representative about ideas for public health education and engaging in a dialogue with the vaccine hesitant.