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The use and abuse of the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement | Nicolas Kinloch

THE ACADEMY ONLINE II: RACE AND RACISM In the wake of Black Lives Matter, politicians and cultural figures have pledged to overturn racial injustice, examine implicit bias, and reassess national history. Radical policy demands, such as ‘defunding the police’, have gained momentum. Riots and looting have been justified as a new political tactic. Amid this, a new focus on race and racial identity has emerged. White people are encouraged to accept their inherent racism, with ‘white fragility’ becoming the insult de jour. Skin colour is said to determine privilege. The goal of previous anti-racist struggles such as the Civil Rights Movement – to create a society where race and racial distinctions no longer mattered – is dismissed as anachronistic and even racist. This online event looked at how race and racial thinking historically emerged in the wake of, and as justification for, colonialism, slavery, and imperialism. We examined why the defeat of Nazi Germany discredited racial thinking among intellectuals and elites, but racist policies lived on – and were challenged across the world. We explored how anti-racist intellectuals from WEB Du Bois to Frantz Fanon, James Baldwin to Ta-Nehisi Coates grappled with ‘race’ as a concept – sometimes accepting it as a grim reality, often arguing to overturn it, and sometimes seeking to uncover its revolutionary potential. Turning to the present, we examined how racial thinking has made a comeback in the work of contemporary intellectuals, and how this is being institutionalised under the guise of anti-racist policies. We also examined the role of race through literature, and examined historically the origins and response to race riots. To find out more, head to: https://theboi.co.uk/the-academy-onli... LECTURE: The use and abuse of the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement LECTURER Nicolas Kinloch author; history teacher; former deputy president, Historical Association; former teaching fellow, SOAS