Val Thomas from Critical Therapy Antidote outlines the problems with bringing critical social justice ideology into psychological therapies: ‘Presenting CSJ-driven therapy as just an evolutionary shift obviates the usual requirements of any radically different approach which would include both explaining exactly how it works and also providing evidence for its therapeutic efficacy.’
DDU Supporter Adrian Hart – ‘Schools should stop treating children as would-be racists’
Are schools really rife with racism as some commentators claim? DDU supporter Adrian Hart argues no.
Eric Kaufman – ‘Kathleen Stock won’t be the last’
After the appalling treatment of gender critical academic Professor Kathleen Stock, who this week resigned from her post at the University of Sussex following a sustained campaign to punish her for ‘wrong think’ on transgender issues, Eric Kaufman warns that a new age of authoritarianism has just begun
DDU supporter Khadija Khan – Fear of being called ‘Islamophobic’ leads to a failure to help Muslim women suffering domestic abuse
DDU supporter Khadija Khan writes for Areo about the double standards in our attitudes to violence against women of Muslim heritage. When we fail to address the harmful religious attitudes that lead to such abuse for fear of causing offence we are prioritising the protection of ideas, not people.
The Dangerous Logic of Anti-Racism
Tomiwa Owolade at Unherd considers the dangerous shortcomings of today’s anti-racists’ obsession with structural racism
“Is There Still Room for Debate?”
With the rise of an ideology that claims to be anti-racist but brooks no dissent, Andrew Sullivan at the New York Intelligencer argues that increasing authoritarianism makes freedom to debate vitally important: “In so far as this movement has made us more aware and cognizant of the darkness of the past, it is a very good […]
In Defence of Science – Academics in New Zealand Speak Out!
It shouldn’t be controversial for academics to affirm a belief in the universality of science, or that indigenous knowledge is not its epistemological equivalent.
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
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