by Frank Furedi | Apr 17, 2021 | Culture Wars
A headteacher in England has confirmed he is erasing the names of significant historical figures from his school after a pupil complained. But this lack of respect for the past will cause major problems in future. You could not make it up! The primary school...
by Frank Furedi | Apr 17, 2021 | Race
Everything from US states to the classics to British TV is now routinely criticised for being ‘too white’. How has this happened when describing something as ‘too black’ would be considered unacceptable? Have you heard of the expression ‘too white’? In the jargon of...
by Frank Furedi | Apr 17, 2021 | Culture Wars, Risk and Fear
I wince when I read when someone wants to promiscuously brand any group they don’t like ‘terrorists’. The recent calls to expand it to include the misogynist ‘incel’ movement are a perfect example of the term’s devaluation. Incels, are ‘involuntary celibates’ who...
by Frank Furedi | Apr 17, 2021 | Therapy Culture
The medicalisation of everyday problems – such as spending too much time on your phone – is stunting our development. It is creating a society of powerless ‘patients’ who refuse to take accountability for their actions. So, what are we to make of a recently published...
by Frank Furedi | Apr 17, 2021 | Culture Wars, Politics and the Economy
I don’t know what’s going on inside the head of Professor David Miller of Bristol University. I do know that he is a fantasist devoted to conspiratorial thinking. I also know he hates Israel, and Jewish people who take exception to his vile polemics against Zionism....