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Post by abbey1227 on Nov 22, 2022 14:00:35 GMT
The Telegraph
Britain was founded on racism, say almost half of young people in pollStory by Will Hazell • Saturday Almost half of young people believe Britain was founded on racism and continues to be “structurally racist” today, research has found. The revelation has prompted concerns that children are being taught contested ideas as fact in the classroom, with six in 10 school leavers saying they had been taught concepts associated with “critical race theory”. The research was carried out by Eric Kaufmann, an academic at Birkbeck, University of London, for the Policy Exchange think-tank. According to polling by YouGov, 18 to 24 is the only age group that believes schools should “teach students that Britain was founded on racism and remains structurally racist today”. The age group supported the statement by a 42-25 majority, whereas UK adults as a whole rejected it by 53 per cent to 24 per cent. Critical race theory
Fifty-nine per cent of school leavers, meanwhile, said they were taught, or had heard from an adult at school, at least one of three concepts linked to critical race theory - an academic approach to race developed in the US, which opponents decry as woke ideology. The three concepts were “white privilege”, “systemic racism” and “unconscious bias”. When asked whether they had encountered the concept of “patriarchy” at school or the idea that there are many genders, 65 per cent of school leavers said they had been taught about at least one of the two ideas.
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Post by permutojoe on Nov 22, 2022 17:23:38 GMT
Policy Exchange is a right-wing, British conservative think tank based in London. In 2007 it was described in The Daily Telegraph as "the largest, but also the most influential think tank on the right". The Washington Post said Policy Exchange's reports "often inform government policy in Britain."
What do you think the odds are that they went looking to prove a point rather than do a scientific poll?
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Post by abbey1227 on Nov 23, 2022 3:58:16 GMT
Policy Exchange is a right-wing, British conservative think tank based in London. In 2007 it was described in The Daily Telegraph as "the largest, but also the most influential think tank on the right". The Washington Post said Policy Exchange's reports "often inform government policy in Britain." What do you think the odds are that they went looking to prove a point rather than do a scientific poll?
That's just it, Joe
I've laughed at people pointing out the tobacco or oil company studies are clearly biased.........but the Govt has no bias? It would never dream of placing a thumb on the scale in order to advance an agenda?
We're all guilty of stat picking, too.
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Post by permutojoe on Nov 23, 2022 12:40:24 GMT
Policy Exchange is a right-wing, British conservative think tank based in London. In 2007 it was described in The Daily Telegraph as "the largest, but also the most influential think tank on the right". The Washington Post said Policy Exchange's reports "often inform government policy in Britain." What do you think the odds are that they went looking to prove a point rather than do a scientific poll?
That's just it, Joe
I've laughed at people pointing out the tobacco or oil company studies are clearly biased.........but the Govt has no bias? It would never dream of placing a thumb on the scale in order to advance an agenda?
We're all guilty of stat picking, too.
I had a hunch you would go with a whataboutism. And is it a little concerning to you that this right wing think tank is informing UK’s political policy? |
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Post by abbey1227 on Nov 23, 2022 13:19:40 GMT
That's just it, Joe
I've laughed at people pointing out the tobacco or oil company studies are clearly biased.........but the Govt has no bias? It would never dream of placing a thumb on the scale in order to advance an agenda?
We're all guilty of stat picking, too.
I had a hunch you would go with a whataboutism. And is it a little concerning to you that this right wing think tank is informing UK’s political policy?
Am I supposed to be shocked anyone is meddling in the business of other countries? ![[giveup]](//storage.proboards.com/7182076/images/FSYefibmKqtatIXMgHZg.gif) or is that the sole domain of the US Govt? |
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Post by permutojoe on Nov 23, 2022 13:21:08 GMT
I had a hunch you would go with a whataboutism. And is it a little concerning to you that this right wing think tank is informing UK’s political policy?
Am I supposed to be shocked anyone is meddling in the business of other countries? or is that the sole domain of the US Govt? You don’t have to be surprised, long as you can see what’s going on here with big money reconfiguring governments. |
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Post by abbey1227 on Nov 23, 2022 13:24:26 GMT
Am I supposed to be shocked anyone is meddling in the business of other countries? or is that the sole domain of the US Govt? You don’t have to be surprised, long as you can see what’s going on here with big money reconfiguring governments.
This is getting dangerously close to conspiracy theories on One World Govt ![[uhoh]](//storage.proboards.com/7182076/images/ctgRxAaepuyQtQMGHoYM.gif) (even though it's pretty much a given) Joe Biden just sold out to the UN again the other day |
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Post by permutojoe on Nov 23, 2022 14:36:12 GMT
You don’t have to be surprised, long as you can see what’s going on here with big money reconfiguring governments.
This is getting dangerously close to conspiracy theories on One World Govt (even though it's pretty much a given) Joe Biden just sold out to the UN again the other day It’s a conspiracy theory that billionaires are spending large sums of money to tilt the playing field even more so in their favor? |
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Post by Prometheus on Nov 23, 2022 22:54:55 GMT
This is getting dangerously close to conspiracy theories on One World Govt (even though it's pretty much a given) Joe Biden just sold out to the UN again the other day It’s a conspiracy theory that billionaires are spending large sums of money to tilt the playing field even more so in their favor? Give Abbey a minute. He's trying to work out how it's really the governments that are courting the big money rather than rolling over for it.
Whenever cause and effect work against Abbey he opts for "chicken vs. egg" theory as his dodge.
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Post by abbey1227 on Nov 24, 2022 1:59:45 GMT
This is getting dangerously close to conspiracy theories on One World Govt (even though it's pretty much a given) Joe Biden just sold out to the UN again the other day It’s a conspiracy theory that billionaires are spending large sums of money to tilt the playing field even more so in their favor?
Isn't the entire point of Govt (in the US anyway) to make sure everyone is treated equally and fairly by the Law? (Which is passed & enforced BY the Govt)
I don't expect equality to come from individual people.........but from a Govt made up of representatives that are supposed to follow the Constitution?
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Post by Prometheus on Nov 24, 2022 2:46:25 GMT
It’s a conspiracy theory that billionaires are spending large sums of money to tilt the playing field even more so in their favor?
Isn't the entire point of Govt (in the US anyway) to make sure everyone is treated equally and fairly by the Law? (Which is passed & enforced BY the Govt)
I don't expect equality to come from individual people.........but from a Govt made up of representatives that are supposed to follow the Constitution?
Nailed it! |
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Post by permutojoe on Nov 24, 2022 3:08:27 GMT
It’s a conspiracy theory that billionaires are spending large sums of money to tilt the playing field even more so in their favor?
Isn't the entire point of Govt (in the US anyway) to make sure everyone is treated equally and fairly by the Law? (Which is passed & enforced BY the Govt)
I don't expect equality to come from individual people.........but from a Govt made up of representatives that are supposed to follow the Constitution?
What is going on in your brain that I ask a simple question and you pose an unrelated thesis question from some college paper as a response? ![[sad]](//storage.proboards.com/7182076/images/kFEAagcPXWGw00KcrWOc.gif) |
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or is that the sole domain of the US Govt?![[uhoh]](http://storage.proboards.com/7182076/images/ctgRxAaepuyQtQMGHoYM.gif)
(even though it's pretty much a given) Joe Biden just sold out to the UN again the other day
![[sad]](http://storage.proboards.com/7182076/images/kFEAagcPXWGw00KcrWOc.gif)
![[cheers]](http://storage.proboards.com/7182076/images/engyBVslEdpmpmdnBwZQ.gif)
