Are you a parent worried about your child being told that they are either privileged or oppressed because of their skin colour? We’ve written a guide on how their school may be breaching legal obligations, and how to raise this tricky subject. Read more
DDU’s Open Letter to the FA on Taking the Knee
Dear Mark Bullingham, In your recent message to England supporters, you said: ‘Major tournaments don’t come around often, and when they do it’s an opportunity to unite friends, family and the country.’ We couldn’t agree more! However, the decision to encourage players to ‘take the knee’ and then to denigrate fans who oppose the gesture, […]
Newsletter 2021-06-11: Racists for tea / White Mind psychopathy / Colston’s Mob / It’s not just cricket / A knee on the neck of fans / A magdalen affair / The Woke Uni
What We’ve Been Up To Academics Group co-chair Dr Philip Hammond has been researching and developing a history and critique of ‘intersectionality’ – Who needs ‘intersectionality’? – which is based on a presentation he gave at the last Academics Group meeting. Hammond goes back to the original work by American scholar and UCLA professor Kimberlé […]
Joanna Williams of Cieo dissects The Woke University
In The Woke University, Joanna Williams argues that this institutional model has replaced educational goals with a mission to inculcate particular values
Premiere of The Great American Race Game documentary
Don’t Divide Us hosting UK Premiere of Martin Durkin’s ‘The Great American Race Game’ documentary film on 1 July
Who needs ‘intersectionality’?
Public institutions and businesses are increasingly signing up to the idea of ‘intersectionality’, promising a sensitive appreciation of difference and diversity. But far from being progressive, this concept establishes a static and divisive hierarchy of victimhood, argues Philip Hammond Read on…
Who needs ‘intersectionality’?
by Philip Hammond on behalf of DDU academics The concept of ‘intersectionality’ seems omnipresent today. Human Resources departments in public institutions and businesses miss no opportunity to trumpet its significance. HR Magazine emphasises ‘the importance of intersectionality in HR’, while Personnel Today warns that failure to take proper account of intersectionality could mean that ‘organisations […]
Discipline for Freedom: a former inner London head teacher reflects
Former secondary school Head Tim Clark argues that discipline is a necessary part of school life, and essential for allowing all pupils to participate fully.
Newsletter 2021-05-28: Film screening / Israeli conflict in Glasgow / Equity acts up / Cambs code retreat / CA maths fail / School by proxy / Hirsi Ali v DiAngelo
News Nuggets Old wounds have been re-opened as a result of the recent conflict in Israel and Gaza. There have been several anti-Semitic incidents, including this one at Glasgow University, and students at other universities have also reported incidents. It seems that the much-vaunted anti-racist strategies are not working. Having alienated many of its members, […]
Singh Investigation on Islamaphobia in the Conservative party reports
The Singh Investigation into alleged discrimination, citing protected characteristics, including Islamaphobia, in the Conservative party reports
Krishan Kumar in the TLS reviews three books on Britain, slavery, empire and racism
Three books on Britain, slavery, empire and racism