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If 'widening participation' ends up meaning working class children can only study STEM courses, and only the children of the rich study the arts and humanities, that's an impoverished view
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There are various indicators for whether you are even semi-serious when your response to the issue of racial inequalities is 'it's all about class'Perhaps first, do you propose to do
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I wasn't shocked in 2000 and 2010 and I'm not shocked nowhttps://twitter.com/guardian/status/1306463302978019328 I was head of policy for 5 years and then Director for 6 at the UK's leading race
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Experience class disadvantage and class discrimination is bad and unjust. But it's not the same as or racial discriminationNot all bad or unjust things are the sameBut it is possible
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'Anti-racist' is not an aesthetic but a substantive position And thinking 'racism is bad' doesn't make you an anti-racist but rather a minimally decent human being Nor does 'has written
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A Prime MinisterWe dont need equality impact assessments bc 'smart ppl in Whitehall' wd never deliberately create inequalities(then came Windrush)An Equalities MinisterWe don't need equality impact assessments on Covid-19 bc
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The big problem w/'countering extremism' framing is that it profoundly (& dangerously) mistakes the nature of racism: 'extremists' arent picking up their ideas & attitudes from obscure 8chan sites, but
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I am not 100% certain how to interpret higher rates of #COVID19 among BME ppl in the UK. On the one hand, it's quite surprising, given the much younger age
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