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Anti-racism as a straitjacket
Boris Johnson s government boasts of its anti-racism, the UN boasts of its anti-racism, the SWP boasts of its anti-racism. Paul Demarty detects more than a whiff of popular frontism
Anti-racism seems to unite almost everyone nowadays. On March 31 the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities proudly announced that family structure and social class had a bigger impact than race on how people’s lives turn out.
Ten days before, on March 21, we saw the celebration - if that is the word - of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
For a little over 50 years, the United Nations has marked the occasion (hence it is probably better known as ‘UN anti-racism day’). For a little over five, it has become an annual obsession for the Socialist Workers Party. Last week, a breathless