Businesses started caring a lot more about diversity after a series of high-profile lawsuits rocked the financial industry. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Morgan Stanley shelled out $54 million—and Smith Barney and Merrill Lynch more than $100 million each—to settle sex discrimination claims. In 2007, Morgan was back at the table, facing a… Continue reading Problems with Diversity Part 35
Month: September 2020
Western Culture under Attack Part 13
Allegations of anti-Semitism against Black Lives Matter UK are particularly awkward for Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. Last month, he posed for photographers while he ‘took the knee’ in his office, as shadow justice secretary David Lammy attacked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab for declining to do so. What’s more, Sir Keir recently sacked shadow education… Continue reading Western Culture under Attack Part 13
Muslim Invasion of the UK Part 8
An inquiry has been launched into the reasons behind the huge increase in Channel crossings by migrants. The Home Affairs Committee in the House of Commons will look at the role of criminal gangs, as well as the responses of UK and French authorities to combat illegal migration and support legal routes to asylum. The… Continue reading Muslim Invasion of the UK Part 8
Problems with Diversity Part 34
One of my favorite Martin Luther King Jr. quotes is: “There is nothing more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” And I am just going to come out and say it: Most diversity and inclusion initiatives fall into the former category: sincere ignorance. They look and sound great. They are usually well-meaning too. But… Continue reading Problems with Diversity Part 34
Western Culture under Attack Part 12
Black Lives Matter’s Oxford branch chose to publicise an upcoming protest via Facebook containing an image of a notorious anti-Semitic mural created in east London by the graffiti artist Mear One. The mural, criticised for containing what Jewish groups have called a ‘variety of vile anti-Semitic tropes’, was famously (and very controversially) defended by Mr… Continue reading Western Culture under Attack Part 12
Muslim Invasion of the UK Part 7
Minister for Immigration Compliance and the Courts Chris Philp said “We work closely with France and I will be in Paris early next week to seek to agree stronger measures with them, including interceptions and returns. This situation simply cannot go on.” He added the only option was to make the route “completely unviable” to… Continue reading Muslim Invasion of the UK Part 7
Problems with Diversity Part 33
Over at the New York Times Magazine, ambivalence toward capital “D” diversity courses through Anna Holmes’ excellent essay “Has ‘Diversity’ Lost Its Meaning?” Holmes, the founding editor of Jezebel and now an executive at Fusion, notes that while corporate odes to “diversity” are de rigeur these days at places like SXSW and fancy media conferences,… Continue reading Problems with Diversity Part 33
Western Culture under Attack Part 11
Marie van der Zyl, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said: ‘It is beyond disappointing that Black Lives Matter UK, a supposedly anti-racist organisation, has leaned into the anti-Semitic trope that British politics is ‘gagged’ in terms of debating Israel, a claim particularly preposterous because Israel is one of the most-discussed foreign… Continue reading Western Culture under Attack Part 11