It’s been built into our education system, too, this idea that America is racist and we abolished slavery. I’m careful when choosing books to read at the moment, to go for British authors writing on racism, because focusing too much on the US makes it all-too-easy to forget how racism manifests at home. Thank you for writing this, will be sharing with my Boris-loving family members…
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Specialist in modern authoritarianism, feminist, political scientist in progress (PhD). Everyday academia, low-brow, no jargon/acronyms/obscure Latin.
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