Nearly Half Of Britain’s Young People Are Afraid To Dispute The Idea Of ‘White Privilege’

Almost half of Britain’s young people are too frightened to challenge the beliefs of ‘white privilege’ according to a new poll.

The poll conducted by by the think tank the Policy Exchange revealed that 59 per cent of school leavers had been taught ‘crtical race theory’ (the premise by American academics that racism shapes Western life and white people enjoy advantages because of their color)

However, 40 percent of the 18-20-year-olds who were taught about ‘white privilege’ said they were afraid of being outed if they disagreed. Some even said that they had been worried about being expelled for airing their own views

The Mail Online reports: Critics of the notion of ‘white privilege’ suggest it ignores the achievements of people from diverse backgrounds such as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is Hindu and whose parents are of Indian descent.

Reacting to the study Dr Samir Shah, a member of the Government’s Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, said: ‘School children should be able to say what they think without feeling an inability to do so.

‘It is incumbent on teachers, lecturers and parents to allow to children to voice their own feelings without fear of favour and that is quite central in my mind to what makes a liberal democracy- that there is no constraint on what you say within the law.’

Dr Shah, called for balance to be provided in classrooms and warned against presenting only one side of the debate around “white privilege” and critical race theory.

He added: ‘This thought-provoking report is a stark warning against such complacency.

‘Views which remain on the fringe in society as a whole, are held by a significant number, or even a majority, by voters in this age category.

‘But what makes the survey disturbing is that these new attitudes challenge the very foundations of liberal thought: free speech, tolerance, debate, and democracy.’