anti-racism
American Utopia
Facts are overlooked in American Utopia’s HBO concert film to accommodate the systemic white racism narrative
The Long Hours: remembering David Oluwale
How one man’s English journey, begun in hope, turned into a nightmare
It’s that nurse again
Both Mary Seacole and the Girl Guides deserve better
Trusting Dave Chappelle
The comedian’s 8:46 show is a stand-up special with few jokes
The myth behind BLM’s ‘peaceful protests’
How the media peddles data that under-represents BLM violence
America’s Southern Gothic Moment
Why is the American south still regarded as repository for all the shortcomings of America?
A pigment of her imagination
The pitfalls of (not) being black in American academia
Why non-racist whites are racist
Titania McGrath’s take on a thrilling year for racial equality
Moral crusade – or extremist front?
Thousands have marched for Black Lives Matter without realising the movement’s revolutionary aims
Let kids be kids
The “unconscious bias” theory is detrimental in the fight against racism
Blame the Critic
Whose fault is acting essentialism?
Back to the future
Trainsplaining a new world order
10 years of Downton Abbey
What insights can period dramas give us into the past?
The abuse of history
Universities need to rescue the teaching of history from grip of woke ideologues
In praise of the military coup
Why, sometimes, military coups can be a force for good
Hell on wheels
Tom Chesshyre endures some mercifully brief encounters
Is artistic nepotism an evil – or a necessity?
Nepotism in the arts is very much alive and here to stay
Evelyn Waugh was right: British politics went wrong in the 1920s
Why do Waugh’s political works remain either caricatured or ignored?
Braving the goblet of fire
Nick Cohen salutes J.K. Rowling, whose latest work reflects her burning sense of justice and refusal to take the easy route
Trump v Biden: what did we learn from the first presidential debate?
The Critic’s US editor spoke to the publisher and editor of American Greatness, Chris Buskirk