From Macpherson to the BNP: Race today

Everyone got their rocks off about the BNP on the BBC's Question Time, meanwhile politicians have been competing to say they will limit immigration to the UK in order to stop the BNP. If everyone wants to clamp down on immigration what has happened to anti-racism you may well ask. The highlights of this debate, filmed at the Battle of Ideas by WORLDbytes volunteers, provides some important answers. The compelling speakers featured in the programme are: Karen Chouhan race equality consultant; founder and director, Equanomics-UK; Kenan Malik presenter of Analysis, BBC Radio 4; author, From Fatwa to Jihad, Strange Fruit and The Meaning of Race and Jack Tan president, Students' Union, Royal College of Art.

Recommended links:

• Article by Brendan O'Neill: Who's afraid of the BNP?
• Article by Brendan O'Neill: The new divide in British politics: Us and Him
• Article by Kenan Malik: State-enforced 'equality' is damaging democracy
• Book by Kenan Malik: Strange Fruit: Why Both Sides are Wrong in the Race Debate
• Article by Hugh Muir: In Macpherson's footsteps: a journey through British racism
• Battle of Ideas Debate Page