Angela Saini on the origins of patriarchy
A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard
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The Importance of Race in My Life
When you were growing up, there were fascist marches through the town where I lived. The British National Party had its headquarters in that area of South East London. So racism really was the backdrop to my teenage years and that was the reason why when I got to university, I got very involved in anti-racist activism. That's when I started writing. It shaped my entire career after I left school because I went from an environment in which my colour really didn't matter so much, or at least I wasn't so aware of it."
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