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The Brendan O'Neill Show

234: Rakib Ehsan: What the left gets wrong about ethnic minorities

The Brendan O'Neill Show

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News, Society & Culture, Government, Politics

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

spiked columnist Rakib Ehsan joins Brendan O’Neill to talk about his new book, Beyond Grievance: What the Left Gets Wrong About Ethnic Minorities. Rakib and Brendan discuss the myth of white privilege, why Brexit had nothing to do with racism, and how identity politics is dividing the working classes.


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0:00.0

Hello everyone, it's Brendan here. Before we get into this week's episode of my podcast,

0:05.1

I just wanted to let you know that my new book, Heratix Manifesto, is now back in stock

0:10.8

on Amazon. Amazon UK had a bit of a glitch there for a few days, but it's fixed now. So,

0:17.1

if you try to get a copy of my book from Amazon and you couldn't, go back there right now

0:21.8

and you can get it. Or if you'd like a signed copy, we still have our very special offer

0:26.9

running. Anyone who donates £50 or more to spiked will get a free signed copy of the book

0:32.9

while stocks last. To donate your £50 and get your signed copy, go to spiked-online.com-donate.

0:42.5

That's spiked-online.com-donate. We'll also throw in a whole years access to spiked supporters

0:50.8

our online donor community packed with perks as an extra thank you. Thank you so much

0:56.7

and now on with a show.

1:05.5

This kind of identity and obsession is deeply unhelpful because what it does, it fragments

1:10.6

the working classes. Much of this being imported from the United States where you're almost

1:15.8

seeing the rebirth of segregation. And I don't want to see that in Britain at all because

1:19.7

I think part of being a mature, multi-racial democracy is that you thrash out those issues

1:24.3

together and that might need to disagreements, indeed hostilities as well. It's better

1:29.4

to thrash that out as opposed to being separated and you have your space, I'll have my space.

1:33.9

Because what that ultimately leads to is racial fragmentation.

1:37.9

Hello, welcome back to the Brendan O'Neill show with me, Brendan O'Neill and my special

1:45.2

guest this week, Rakeep Esan. Rakeep, welcome to the show.

1:48.6

Thank you for having me, Brendan.

1:50.3

It's great to have you on. This is the first time you've been on the show. I'm very happy

1:53.8

to have you here, not least because you've got this new book out called Beyond Grievance,

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