Race and loneliness
Caryl Phillips's new novel is about race in early 20th-century American music-halls. But the subject that has always interested him most is loneliness
Tag: Race and immigration
Not black and white
The word "racist" is necessary but devalued. We need more rigour and realism in applying it
Migration matters
Immigration is not only politically controversial, it is extremely complex and hard to measure accurately. There are big flows into and out of the UK every year - but in recent years more immigrants have been arriving than ever before
Britain’s front line
Lunar House in Croydon is the dump where most asylum seekers and other migrants have their claims processed. For Britain to have robust and fair border controls, it has got to work better
Far right alarmism
Ukip and Veritas are not very pretty, but must not be lumped together with the BNP
Islamophobia myth
If there is a backlash against British Muslims, where is the evidence for it? Scaremongering about Islamophobia promotes a Muslim victim culture and allows some community leaders to inflame a sense of injury while suppressing internal debate. The new religious…
After Van Gogh
How should the centre-left respond to the implosion of the multicultural ideal in the Netherlands?
Race and creation
Humans, it seems, were predisposed to make sharp distinctions between in-group and out-group before there were any races at all—indeed, races may have evolved partly as a response to that predisposition
Migration targets?
We have targets and annual reports on everything else - so why not migration?
An expat’s lament
Germaine Greer has told white Australia to embrace its Aboriginal identity. But this book is more about her own isolation and sense of loss
Ethnic America
Samuel Huntington has stirred up a new controversy with a book about the danger to America from Hispanic immigration. He worries too much about Hispanics but he is right that the US does have an Anglo-Protestant ethno-cultural core which may…
Afghan in the dock
My Afghan friend Mir saw his cousin Gulabuddin arrested on a rape charge in London. This is what happened next
Diversity divide
Opinion on my diversity essay divided, in part, on ethnic lines
Too diverse?
Is Britain becoming too diverse to sustain the mutual obligations behind a good society and the welfare state?
Free rider phobia
Nearly half of us think that other people get unfair welfare priority
Coetzee’s curse
Under apartheid, South African writers fought race hatred; now they are accused of it.
Vengeful majorities
In many poor countries, markets concentrate wealth in the hands of prosperous ethnic minorities. In these places, democracy can be an engine of vengeance
An African lament
Liberal whites are emigrating from the African countries they call home. This can only mean further decline
Rowthorn is wrong
Bob Rowthorn's essay on immigration and national cohesion last month provoked a big response, mostly - as here - hostile
Migration limits
Large-scale immigration into Britain and some other European countries is a recent phenomenon and, despite the benefits it brings, cannot continue at current rates without disturbing existing national cultures and identities. A prominent left-wing economist argues that numbers do matter