The murder of Henry Nowak, and his treatment at the hands of police officers, is an unimaginable tragedy for the family, and we offer deepest condolences for their loss. DDU’s director, Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, offers her take on the main lesson the tragedy has for the rest of us.
In his latest book, The Progress Trap: The Modern Left and the False Authority of History, Ben Cobley paints a disturbing view of contemporary culture:.
Graeme Kemp reviews The Counterweight Handbook by Helen Pluckrose.
Recently, the Barrister Standards Board (BSB) published proposals to change one of its core duties pertaining to equality. The proposed change to Core Duty 8 is to replace a duty to not discriminate unlawfully (a negative duty) to ‘You must act in a way that advances equality, diversity and inclusion.’ We asked a barrister to comment on the proposal and its implications.
IntroductionOne month after the elections – with the lowest share of the population voting since universal suffrage – Britain saw riots, a minority of which were racist in their immediate targets. Few seem to have given much thought as to whether there might be any connection. Here, DDU director Alka Sehgal Cuthbert argues that the riots […]
On 24 July 2024, DDU sent an open letter to The Key – signed by a combination of scholars, teachers and parents – detailing our concerns about their Anti-Racism Curriculum Review which, knowingly or not, embeds significant precepts from critical race theory. In our view, these precepts are detrimental to educational goals and lack popular consent.
On Friday 28 June, DDU director Alka Sehgal Cuthbert was joined by four DDU Advisory Council members to discuss what might happen with the UK General Election 2024 – in particular, what a Labour government would be like.
When a 14-year-old boy scuffed a copy of the Koran at Kettlethorpe School in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, all hell broke loose. In an extended essay, one writer examines what happened and the worrying reaction to it.
Frederick R. Prete argues that claims that American school exams are biased against minorities don’t stand up to close examination. What really matters is aspiration and rigorous course work.
Robin DiAngelo achieved widespread fame with her book White Fragility, delivering the ideas of Critical Race Theory to an audience of progressives. Here, Graeme Kemp reviews her follow-up, which carries on the same, Catch-22 outlook: if you’re white, you’re a racist – and if you disagree, you’re a racist in denial.
