Month: May 2022

May 2022. Get Migrants on a Plane to Rwanda

Britain???s Home Secretary Priti Patel, left, speaks to the media with Rwanda???s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vincent Biruta, right, after signing what the two countries called an ???economic development partnership??? in Kigali, Rwanda Thursday, April 14, 2022. Britain's Conservative government has struck a deal to send some asylum-seekers thousands of miles away to Rwanda, a move that British opposition politicians and refugee groups condemned as inhumane, unworkable and a waste of public money. (AP Photo/Muhizi Olivier)

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Problems with Diversity Part 104

On the ITV talent show last year, Saara Aalto from Finland was accused of cultural appropriation for dressing in a Japanese kimono and a long wig, like a geisha. With the pious relish that typifies Twitter comments, one viewer said: ‘I found Saara’s performance very offensive. A culture is not a dress up costume.’ https://vk.com/video677203037_456239553

Muslim Grooming Gangs Part 28

There is a Muslim determination of innocence. An example of this mindset was the leader of the Rochdale grooming gang, Shabir Ahmed, who failed to overturn his convictions at the European Court of Human Rights by claiming an all-white jury was part of a conspiracy to scapegoat Muslims. During his trial Ahmed repeatedly accused the… Continue reading Muslim Grooming Gangs Part 28

Free Speech Part 23

When considering speech that could ‘harm’, there is a gender disparity here, with women being particularly pro-emotional safety and therefore censorious – important when the majority of social work students are women. This censorious tendency appears to be based on an underpinning assumption that offending ideas cause actual ‘harm’. This assumption is a contested idea… Continue reading Free Speech Part 23

May 2022. The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh

I’m not at all sure what the hell to say about the clear assassination of a journalist, in anyones book it has to be wrong. The slaying of Shireen Abu Akleh, I have to use the word ‘assassination’. She was a well loved and trusted journalist by the Palestinians, and she was a thorn in… Continue reading May 2022. The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh

The Madness of Putin – 15 May

Sunday 15 May 2022 – Sweden has announced it should “work toward” an application for NATO membership. Finland also said on Sunday that it will seek to join the defense alliance. Russian forces are retreating from the north following Ukraine’s counteroffensive but are intensifying attacks in the east, Ukrainian officials say. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky… Continue reading The Madness of Putin – 15 May