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DDU Lesson 5 – Frederick Douglass and Robert Burns
Frederick Douglass: “In a composite nation like ours, as before the law, there should be no rich, no poor, no high, no low, no white, no black, but common country, common citizenship, equal rights and a common destiny.” Robert Burns: “To see Oursels as Others See us!” Get the PDF lesson plan here.
The Murder of Samuel Paty – DDU Statement in Solidarity with the People of France
‘Understanding’ does not relieve anyone of the responsibility to condemn the brutal, performative murder of innocent citizens by those committed to a version of Islam that abhors our cherished values of free speech and democracy.
Laïcité and the Need for a Narrative-in-Common
Recently, DDU supporter and lecturer Marie Kawthar Daouda presented a thoughtful and thought-provoking essay which considers the historical development of Laïcité in legal and philosophical terms. She questions whether Laïcité is as universal as some claim, and if it is capable of providing the resources needed for French society to be able to integrate its […]
Academic Decolonisation: the Slippery Slope of Dismantling Knowledge
The discourse surrounding academic decolonisation furnishes today’s intellectual and moralistic justifications for racism. There are different strands of thinking that fall under the umbrella term ‘Decolonising Education’. Some student activists in South Africa want to scrap the existing curriculum outright. Among academics, particularly in the UK, a more moderate claim made is that strategies for decolonisation can […]
