Britain isn’t racist

In the last few months we’ve been told that Britain is a fundamentally racist society, that the colour of your skin holds you back in life if you’re not white, that history, education and, in fact, all white people, are inherently racist. Too often, we hear this from the media, from universities and from many areas of the establishment. I worry that this trend is deeply damaging.

Of course, there are problems in Britain. But there are problems in all countries, and at the very least, we have a very strong foundation to make positive change, if it is needed. We have freedom of speech, democracy, a free education system, an established justice system, a powerful sense of fair play – that is more than most places and I think we should be grateful for that. Not all countries are as forward-thinking on race as Britain. 

But, yes, racism is still a problem and there is more we can do to tackle it.