This essay, on the degeneration of anti-racism into ‘unconscious bias’ training, was my Observer column this week. (The column included also a short piece on Hagia Sophia.) It was published on 12 July 2020, under the headline ‘Enough of the psychobabble. Racism is not something to fix with therapy’. Are you racist? And, if so, how would I know? I used to think that a good gauge may be whether you call me a ‘Paki’, or assault me because of my skin […]

Categories: Politics, Race & Immigration, Science & Technology • Tags: anti-racism, anti-racist training, black lives matter, elisabeth lasch-quinn, iat, implicit association test, police killings, police racism, racism, sivanandan, stop and search, therapy, unconscious bias, unconscious bias training