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DDU Open Letter to UK Government about CRED Report
The FA Needs to Stop Obfuscating
In early March DDU wrote an open letter to the FA expressing our concern over its ambivalent stance regarding BLM and players taking the knee (you can read our original letter here). We received a prompt reply that fails to address any substantial points and shows a lack of foresight regarding the impact its policy […]
13th February 2021 DDU Newsletter
Hello! If you would like to join our DDU Arts, Academic or Education Groups please get in touch! Some good news this week as we hear that the Law Commission has decided to NOT extend the reach of Hate Crime legislation into the privacy of our homes. We can rest at ease (for now) that dinner party arguments […]
7th February 2021 DDU Newsletter
Hello! If you would like to join our DDU Arts, Academic or Education Groups please get in touch! Khadija Khan Speaks Out on World Hijab Day On World Hijab Day Khadija Khan writes for the DDU that illiberal religious practices should not be shielded from criticism on the grounds of ‘Islamophobia.’ Khan argues compellingly that progressive members of the […]
DDU Submission on Freedom of Expression
Does hate speech law need to be updated or clarified? How has the situation changed in universities in the two years since the Committee’s report on the issue? Does everyone have equal protection of their right to freedom of expression?
Critical/Cynical Facts/Theories
A new book on ‘social justice scholarship’ Who wants social justice? Or, to ask a simpler question, who wishes to live in a society that is unjust? Nobody, I expect. Or nobody except those cranks relegated beyond the fringes of acceptable discourse. Why, then, are we not all marching hand-in-hand, step-by-step, in support of ‘Social […]
Black History Month at Don’t Divide Us
Black History Month (BHM) is an educational initiative whose aim is to celebrate the contributions of black people in history. Its aims are therefore curricular and socio-political. It began in America in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and was adopted in Britain in 1987 under the aegis of the GLC. It takes place in […]
Implicit Bias FAQ
Carrie Clark and Alka Sehgal-Cuthbert dissect “Implicit Bias Testing”. The concept of implicit bias, which in current public discussion means white bias, is at the heart of almost all anti-racist initiatives that institutions including the British Museum, businesses, universities and schools, as well as some trade unions. The concept shifts the burden of proof of […]
FAQs: What is Implicit Bias and Why Do I Need to Know About It?
Introduction The concept of implicit bias, which in current public discussion means white bias, is at the heart of almost all anti-racist initiatives that institutions including the British Museum, businesses, universities and schools, as well as some trade unions. The concept shifts the burden of proof of the existence of racism from social systems of […]