Critical Race Theory Examined and Colorado Primary Election Integrity

On July 14, 2022, Kim Monson examines two critical issues facing Americans: the philosophical underpinnings of Critical Race Theory and concerns about election integrity in Colorado’s recent primary elections. Denver Seminary professor Doug Groothuis breaks down CRT’s eight core principles, while journalist Emerald Robinson analyzes Tina Peters’ request for election transparency.

Colorado Primary Election Concerns

Start listening at 29:55 – Hour 1

Emerald Robinson, host of The Absolute Truth on Frank Speech and former White House correspondent, analyzes the state of Colorado’s recent primary elections. Robinson examines Tina Peters’ formal request to Secretary of State Jenna Griswold for a hand recount, ballot drop box records, signature verification data, and voting system logs. The request stems from concerns about statistical anomalies in the Secretary of State race results.

Robinson draws parallels to ongoing election integrity investigations in other states, particularly Fulton County, Georgia, where a 17,000-vote discrepancy has never been fully resolved. She explains how the complaint filed by investigative journalist Joe Rossi reveals missing tabulator tapes for nearly 20,000 ballots. The discussion extends to broader concerns about election manipulation through big tech censorship, citing Dr. Robert Epstein’s research on Google search algorithm bias during the 2016 election.

“If there’s no problem with the vote tallies or the vote count, then why should it hurt to take a look? And just check it and check it again.”

Emerald Robinson, Host of The Absolute Truth

Understanding Critical Race Theory’s Core Principles

Start listening at 55:50 – Hour 2

Doug Groothuis, professor of philosophy at Denver Seminary and author of fifteen books, presents a comprehensive examination of Critical Race Theory’s philosophical foundations. His forthcoming book Fire in the Streets: How You Can Confidently Respond to Incendiary Cultural Topics dissects CRT through careful analysis of its Marxist intellectual origins.

Groothuis identifies eight core tenets of Critical Race Theory: the premise that all whites are inherently racist through participation in systemic racism; standpoint epistemology, which claims oppressed groups possess superior knowledge; identity politics that prioritizes group membership over individual citizenship; the concept of white privilege as an unearned advantage requiring guilt and reparation; the expansion of “white supremacy” from fringe ideology to systemic accusation; racial essentialism that reduces individuals to their racial category; and intersectionality, a framework assigning cumulative oppression points based on group memberships.

The professor contrasts CRT’s equity framework, which demands equal statistical outcomes regardless of individual effort, with the American ideal of equality of opportunity. He cites economist Thomas Sowell’s decades of research demonstrating that outcome disparities result from multiple factors including average age, cultural values, and time in country rather than racism alone. Groothuis advocates for colorblind policies and meritocracy, arguing that preferential policies based on race undermine both individual agency and the dignity of those they claim to help.

“The issue is if we’re striving for a society that honors this idea that all men are created equal and have certain inalienable rights, and if we want to honor the five freedoms of the First Amendment, then critical race theory is not the way to go in education, in politics, in economics, anywhere.”

Doug Groothuis, Professor of Philosophy, Denver Seminary