Thread by @Danjsalt

Many will disagree but if you want to talk about inequality - then yes you should talk about race - but also about class - location - education - culture - even time in the country - these are all drivers of inequality

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And we do need to talk about them - I don't know anyone who wants to live in a country where people don't get a fair crack at the whip - therefore we need to work to resolve them - and we can - there is nothing which is unsolvable with time and effort

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But the importation of American style culture wars, post modernism via the universities and critical race theory is making it impossible - because it's unravelling the many advances we have made towards better relations between all groups

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For nearly a year there has been a drum beat that white people are evil, the root of all ill in the world and that they are privileged - and that they are all privileged - this is nonsense - alongside this there has been an ongoing attack on British history and culture

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Now it might have been worth discussing all of this but it's not been discussed but simply imposed via cultural edict and if queried then accusations of racism are leveled - meaning you're damned either way

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Now this is feeding through into the consciousness of many - when my mum whose not got a racist bone in her body is saying she's fed up with feeling like Britain, Britishness and white people are under attack you know there is a problem

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This is a unpopular fact but about 85% of the population in the UK (or more) is white - so you'll not get serious political change with widespread support unless they buy in - and yet this is not what has been worked on

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It is this friction which is on display today over this report - as both sides jumped into their trenches - this is not going to solve anything - we need to find the nuance that sits at the heart of all social problems - the world isn't black and white but shades of grey

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