Racism Culture Wars

On November 1st at about 7o’clock a man, now identified as Anthony Williams, is alleged to have stabbed eleven people on a train from Doncaster to Kings Cross. The grainy footage showed that he was black. And up went a racist balloon. Long before anyone knew anymore about him, the tweets were out. He was a terrorist, an asylum seeker……and from others that he was “British born”. This week Rachel and Simon unpack how fear, social media dynamics, and confirmation bias turn these tragedies into fuel on the fires of the culture-wars. How transparent should the police be about reporting the ethnicity of alleged perpetrators? Why do people prefer to confirm their own prejudices – literally to pre-judge – before waiting for the facts? What does academic research tell us about how easily swayed we are to see racism, sexism by or, in the other, view terrorism or issues with immigration and assumptions about race? How does jumping to those conclusions poison our ability at work to interrupt distorted narratives and creating the safety, clarity, and accountability that real dialogue requires form us to get along or work together.  And what can a chippy in North Leeds give us about how to do that?  Advisory: contains discussion of racism and violent incidents. Ongoing legal proceedings are referenced without speculation.  Sonia Sodha’s column My column for @TheNewWorldmag on what lies behind the rise of racism in politicshttps://shorturl.at/JpBWh Simon’s article about Kate Clancy in the New Statesmanhttps://shorturl.at/wRqpC Is Britain becoming more violent? - A look at the dataBy Fraser Nelsonhttps://shorturl.at/MZHdL Leeds chippy batters down faith barriershttps://shorturl.at/DEtE3 Kate Clanchy - Uncancelled at last Four years on, are we any wiser?https://shorturl.at/0qNjO Kids, critics and the courage of Kate ClanchyBy Victoria Smithhttps://tinyurl.com/3e25u8nsRutgers researchInstructing Animosity: How DEI Pedagogy Produces The Hostile Attribution Biashttps://tinyurl.com/28hjwmp2For more about Rachel: Who Is The Fearless Facilitator? - Fearless Facilitator For more about Simon: Who We Are – Diversity by Design Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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