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Good interview.
I've got a lot of respect for Akala, especially as Ms Dynamite is his sister, he's an amazingly intelligent man who applies his knowledge consideringly. 10 years ago I'd have said that some of his accounts of discrimination sounded a bit extreme for a child of the 80's, Akala would have been 10 when Stephen Lawrence was murdered which was supposed to have triggered a revolution in the way in which the police and other agencies treated black people and ethnic minorities. Yet in 2019 I am pursuing a case of institutional racism in the Scottish education system, they don't make it easy to hold them accountable and are honestly frightening if you try to.
The problem isn't so much the crap that Katy Hopkins and her ilk spout, but that we see discrimination as conscious hate when it's bigger than that. Discrimination is a complex system of political levers set up generations ago to continue working on behalf of mainly rich, white men at other peoples expense, whether they know/like it or not. It is a system which prevents those we don't consider to be the societal norm, whether it's because of skin colour, ability, gender or sexuality from contributing and participating. We see discrimination as hate, such as shouting abuse but that's just one manifestation, privilege is another as is access, apathy, ignorance and so on. It's a system we are born into
Dispels the live and let live pretence I've never experienced in this country. Who knew eh?
Christ that's amazing. As a father to 2 mixed kids and with a black wife of 20 years there's a lot of education in there, and lot if joining of dots.
Tremendously powerful.
That's how we convince ourselves that we're not the problem, then we don't have to change anything. If we do recognise we're doing something wrong, we'll make sure that the solution makes a profit, keeps you in your place and looks good on a CV