No one really knows what the critical race theory bogeyman looks or sounds like or what he wants, yet everyone is being told how dangerous he is. He is responsible for every wrong-think we may have about race, racism and racial discourse. CRT has become shorthand for every bad, inconvenient or unacceptable cultural thought invading us from the US, even if the thoughts don’t permeate from the US, or if they are mostly relevant to Britain. Be afraid of the bogeyman: be very afraid.
Last week I went on TalkTV to discuss the decision by some Church of England schools to teach about white privilege. Asked what white privilege is, I explained that it is the lack of societal obstacles associated with being white. I further elaborated that it doesn’t mean you will not face obstacles in life: it means that any difficulty, challenge or hardship you face is unlikely to be a result of your skin colour if you are white. By comparison, I as a man, for example, face many pressing issues in society, yet none of them are related to or rooted in me being a man. Simple, uncontroversial, unradical and entirely factual stuff.
