In the seventies, diversity of thoughts in school text books was called critical race theory. And to day it's calledcritical race theory. In a strange way, the same battle is being fought in school boards to day. It's interesting, asth you told that joke just now, just to go back and some someone, i've got someo her, saying that they find that joke really unpleasant. It's out of context. Er, but that's something that the internet does, right? It allows for a constant cut up culture.
Whether it's arguing over cancel culture, mask-wearing or what to do with statues, the culture wars now seem to be a constantly reappearing flashpoint in public discourse. Acclaimed writer and podcaster Jon Ronson was curious to learn how this phenomenon had come about and has spent the last year creating the hit radio and podcast series, Things Fell Apart, for BBC Radio 4, exploring the history of the culture wars. For this discussion Jon is joined in conversation by comedian and writer David Baddiel to explore the origin stories of the culture wars and where they might be headed next.
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