
234: Rakib Ehsan: What the left gets wrong about ethnic minorities
The Brendan O'Neill Show
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The Undertone of Racial Paternalism in Identity Politics
I wanted to ask you about the undertone of racial paternalism in some forms of identity politics. I've often thought there is an instinct of infantilization almost, he says. It sometimes seems to me that there's a bit of a pincer movement with the Muslim community. British Muslims traditionally have very high levels of British identification - which comes to surprise many people. Three and four Britons believe that British Muslims are good for their co-religionists. When it comes to trust in the police, Bangladeshi ethnic group has more confidence in local police than what I belong to. And I think if you talk about dangers of extremism, which is generally quite optimistic, this idea
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