When the shadow Home Secretary Robert Jenrick visited Handsworth in Birmingham he complained about ‘not seeing another white face’. Many were angered by his comments, but what do they tell us about how the mainstream has absorbed extremist postions? On Free State today we consider how racism has become respectable. What is happening in the U.K. and the US is taking hold here, with the demonisation of the other, a story as old as time, but given fresh energy through social media. Dion looks at the career of Robert Jenrick and what his own journey in politics tells us about the move to the right. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
