Credit to Leeds Beckett for ending their relationship with Aysha Khanom for calling a black man a 'house negro'

Absolutely the right decision.

But we need to examine what caused her to say it and why she thought it was acceptable.

There is a growing sentiment among race scholars, black activist groups (especially those campaigning for 'liberation') and some antiracism trainers that this kind of thing is OK.

And by this kind of thing, I'm talking about
a) There being a right kind of way to be black (or 'Black').
b) That it's ok to use racist language towards other black people if you yourself are also black.

I wasn't shocked by her comment. A bit disgusted as it was way out of order but not shocked at all. I follow lots of accounts and this kind becoming increasingly common, not only as A way of thinking about race but THE way of thinking about race...

The comment came after Calvin Robinson took part in a discussion on the BBC with Kehinde Andrews.

Kehinde Andrew is a race scholar at Birmingham City University. I don't like him but I do find his views and arguments interesting. He believes in black radicalism and is vehemently against liberalism...

However, he has strong views about what black people should think, do and act and has used racist language, similar to that of Khanom, to criticise conservative or pro-Western / pro-British black people of being 'coons'.

See his comments on Trevor Phillips for example.

Kehinde Andrews is one of the "100 Great Black Britons" written about in this book.

When I first saw the book I assumed that the list was curated by the two authors.

The full list
https://www.100greatblackbritons.com/ 

But it wasn't. The Top 100 were selected via a public poll. The poll was sponsored by the NEU.

Kevin Courtney said, "The NEU supports this competition to celebrate what we have always known: that Britain's history is irrefutably rooted in black and global history."

The principle of the book is undoubtedly a good one.
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There are a range of experiences and viewpoints in the book. So my criticism of Andrews' inclusion and promotion isn't down to his anti-liberalist, anti-British views. There are many in that list who are critical of Britain...

Take Akala, whose book Natives I often recommend for example.

My criticism is that Andrews' inclusion promotes two things he does that I think are inappropriate for school children and shouldn't be promoted by schools and teachers.

1) That there is a right way to be black and that apolitical, politically conservative and pro-British black people are wrong or traitors in some way.

2) That it is OK to use racist insults like "coon" towards black people if a) you yourself are black and b) the target is behaving/thinking in a way that you believe they should not.