Kenan Malik
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New book: Not So Black and White (Hurst). “Unsettles the pieties of contemporary race-talk” - Paul Gilroy. “A magical accomplishment” - Remi Adekoya.
London
Joined January 2009
Sunday Photo. The fire at Córdoba’s stupendous Mosque–Cathedral seems not to have been as bad as first feared (and certainly not as bad as that which engulfed Notre Dame). So, some photos of an astonishing building.
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RT @LucyGoBag: This is incredibly important- particularly when today has been all about coverage that Britain is doing better than ever 👇 (….
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Dad dancing meets Nazi salute. Very Ukip. Very 2025.
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“It is a portrait of two Britains, one of which barely comprehends the challenges facing the other.” My @ObserverUK column:
observer.co.uk
The real causes of serious problems are ignored and those responsible are let off the hook
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“It is less that AI is the cause of degradation in reading and thinking, and more that the creation of a culture that views knowledge primarily in an instrumental manner has made it easier to misuse AI.” My @ObserverUK column:
observer.co.uk
A culture that views knowledge as a means to an end invites the misuse of new technology
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“What Fanon had discovered was a contradiction that has shaped the modern world - between societies that defined themselves through a commitment to equality and social practices that denied such equality to the majority of people.” My @ObserverUK column:
observer.co.uk
The postcolonial thinker's ideas were forged in the fire of Algerian liberation – but his views were more nuanced than his myth suggests
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“The very desire to control the narrative by curtailing public information not only undermines democracy but leads inevitably to the narrative spinning out of control.” My @ObserverUK column:
observer.co.uk
A catastrophic data breach put thousands at risk. But the attempt to bury the story may have done even greater damage
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“The very desire to control the narrative by curtailing public information not only undermines democracy but leads inevitably to the narrative spinning out of control.” My @ObserverUK column, online today, in print tomorrow:
observer.co.uk
A catastrophic data breach put thousands at risk. But the attempt to bury the story may have done even greater damage
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“Laments over white decline are less about immigration than attempts to transform concerns over immigration into existential fears about identity.” My @ObserverUK column:
observer.co.uk
The response to a photo of a class in London shows how ethnic notions of national identity have seeped into mainstream conservatism
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I guess when a former rightwing Israeli prime minister is more alert to the realities of Israeli actions and policies than you are, the only explanation can be that he is an “Iranian asset”.
He’s an Iranian asset. At this point, that’s the only explanation.
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And now for a day-long feast of cricket, tennis and football (and me crying out for three screens to watch them all simultaneously).
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Britain hasn’t suddenly become more racist, but racists have become more assertive in their bigotry. My @ObserverUK column:
observer.co.uk
The response to a photo of a class in London shows how ethnic notions of national identity have seeped into mainstream conservatism
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There is a particularly blinkered view that many in Europe and America have about multiculturalism. Here’s the Ghanaian American philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah from his *Ethics of Identity*
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Yes, I guess South Africa must be a white country. And India. And Brazil. And Uganda. And Nigeria. And Chad.
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