Tucker, most certainly the social and the personal interact. But CRT assumes that the first is the best / proper locus of explanation, not the latter.

This seems problematic for a number of reasons. For instance because there is good empirical evidence that human beings are naturally (probably biologically) prone to xenophobic behaviors, regardless of societal structures.

Second because a focus solely or mainly on the societal does not explain why a lot of people are actually *not* racists and/or do not behave in a racist fashion.

As for the paradox of moral progress, I honestly don’t see it. What would preclude us from making some progress in that department, just like we have in other fields? Besides, I think it’s empirically clear that we have, historically, which means that any argument aiming at demonstrating a priori that moral progress is impossible is dead in the water.

I also don’t see the application of Newton’s law to human psychology either. You seem to be under the impression that I think racism is primarily individual rather than structural. No, I think it is both, and that the two constantly interact in complex ways. But that’s not CRT’s position. Which is one of the problems with CRT.