News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
The BBC has admitted that the concept of "white privilege" is contested after its youth-focused news service received a complaint over its "controversial" definition of the term.
An academic who has criticised the teaching of “white privilege” in schools has been no-platformed from an education conference over claims she would make other speakers feel “unsafe”.
Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, the Director of Don't Divide Us, argues that a new divisive ideology has been smuggled into schools under the guise of promoting 'anti-racism'.
It's becoming increasingly common for U.K. universities to set up 'positive action' schemes which directly discriminate on the basis of race. A new letter challenges this controversial practice on legal grounds.
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