This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) speaks to Author Dr Rakib Ehsan (@rakibEhsan) about his book 'Beyond Grievance: What The Left Gets Wrong About Ethnic Minorities'.
Watch the video version at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE9CIlh4AQg
0:00 Intro 0:10 About Rakib Ehsan 1:49 Why talk about ‘race’ given how controversial it is? 3:04 Does it matter what publications you write for? 5:50 Is religious faith really a solution to our problems? 9:35 Freedom of expression at pro-Palestinian protests and the failure of the Metropolitan Police. 14:04 Reflecting on the Brexit referendum. 16:40 The white saviour complex of the progressive left. 19:18 Is it ethical to limit certain types of immigration? 22:18 ‘The traditional family’ argument. 25:22 The outcome of Bianca Williams’s stop and search case. 32:21 The problem with importing American identity politics and grievances to the UK 37:29 Is the gender debate really all that important to the general public and our election cycle? 41:40 Reflecting on the problem of Jeremy Corbyn 45:44 Do ethnic minorities in the UK lean conservative? 48:55 Is patriotism important to a modern Britian? 55:25 ‘White privilege’ and anti-white attitudes.
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