"'Many people don’t realise that [critical race theory] is political,' she tells me. 'It’s getting into institutions that really should be neutral: schools, NHS trusts, and even sometimes the civil service.'...
"...She is particularly incensed by the boom in sales of texts such as 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 by Robin DiAngelo (which claims all white people are racist and any denial of this is further evidence of racism)..."
3/5:
"...and Reni Eddo-Lodge’s 𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝐼’𝑚 𝑁𝑜 𝐿𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑇𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑇𝑜 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝐴𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑅𝑎𝑐𝑒 (whose thesis is that black history has been eradicated for the political purpose of white dominance)...."
4/5:
"...'Many of these books — and, in fact, some of the authors and proponents of critical race theory — actually want a segregated society.'..."
5/5:
"...The ideas in such texts, she says, are reaching deep into large private companies and our institutions, as part of the movement to train people to be aware of their supposed 'unconscious bias'."
—Fraser Nelson
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At the risk of being cited for fulfilling Godwin's Law, Hitler is famous for saying that the bigger the lie, the more weight it carries. And this one's pretty big. Just how big is it? Let's take a look, shall we?
First, let's deal with the smaller lie, that "DiAngelo is just a corporate sensitivity trainer." According to her CV, she's a whole lot more than that. In addition to her Ph.D. dissertation, "Whiteness in Racial Dialogue: A Discourse Analysis"...
...at the U of Washington, she's also served on the faculty there, plus at Smith College & Westfield State U, published 24 peer-reviewed journal articles, authored chapters in 9 books, wrote or co-wrote 3 books, completed 2 academic research projects, & gave 12...
(Source: Johns Hopkins University, as of 11:44:43 PM)
Changes from March 26, 11:47:54 PM report:
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀: +18,821; 21.93% increase, down from 24.37%)
𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀: +410; 1.63% increase, up from 1.51%)
𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱: +137; 0.85% increase, down from 0.88%)
Confirmed cases increased 2.45% less than they did on March 26.
Deaths increase 0.12% more than they did on March 26.
Recovered cases increased 0.03% less than they did on March 26, which saw a bigger than usual jump.