Prof. Doug Stokes: Anti-White Racism Is Rampant In Universities
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- Prof. Doug Stokes is a Professor in International Security and Strategy at Exeter University. He writes for numerous publications, including The Spectator, The Critic, The Telegraph and Quilette. In this episode of #SWYSI he discusses the state of free speech in universities and government attempts to offer protection, the top-down imposition of fringe theories such as decolonising education and critical race theory, the left's attempt to deconstruct Western civilisation, the importance of self-reliance and personal responsibility, and the strength of anti-white racism in academia.
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I worked in banking for 35 years and we had " Management Trainee" who had just obtained a degree in accountancy sent to my branch. He was a Nigerian and after only a few days I became suspicious about his qualifications.Basically he didn't know one side of a simple balance sheet from the other.I looked at his CV and did some checking and found it to be all lies.When I pointed this out to the department responsible for hiring him,things got nasty.I was told to mind my own business and then they played their trump card and accused me of being a racist !
In line with his timetable he was transferred to another branch where he was shown more advanced work.I found out he was later sacked for making fictitious loan requests and taking the cash.
Of course it was all swept under the carpet and I only found out by pure chance.I wonder how much more of this goes on and gets deliberately hidden by the wokesters.
Typical.
Meanwhile, my CV is accurate and tells no lies, and so why do I get no interviews? I think it is because employers are AGEIST.
In South Africa this is par for the course.
In the 70s I and my fellow students knew that people of colour where sitting exams for coloured students in our year without scrutiny
In Africa this is normal behaviour. I know many both black and white who do it.
I'm a UK University lecturer. I agree completely with Doug Stokes. The Universities leadership suddenly told us we all had to 'Decolonise the Curriculum', taking a far-left ideological position with no consultation or debate. The government needs to oppose this imposition.
I also feel the pain.
@@Mike-gd4zd I was very lucky to have an actual academic as a lecturer. It was Criminology, and he had the ability to show us, not only all angles of perception and debate, but also made the most boring of subjects entertaining. The jealous, middle class psychology lecturer, used to criticise him all the time. Guess who won best lecturer every year running? Race was never mentioned, apart from one of my other lecturers introducing the debate of institutional racism. As I remember it, it was only mentioned very subtley, this was 2008-2011.
@@Mike-gd4zd However, I returned to uni as an adult in 2016, and was taken aback when one of my Nursing lecturers said they were disappointed we voted to leave the EU, as she thought we would vote to stay? Why would you think your opinion of a centralised government is shared by everyone else? I found that very strange, and irrelevant to Nursing. Completely different to my Uni experience beforehand.
At the beginning of the academic year for the "soft sciences" i.e. those not based on scientific proof, you should make it clear to all students that your job is to get them to pass the necessary examinations. In order to do that, they must be able to parrot the opinions of the people who set and mark the examinations which correspond to the current social memes. Those opinions are not necessarily either reasonable, or factual - nevertheless, you are obliged to teach them. It is important that students a) study around the topic that you are lecturing on, not just what they are told, b) keep those facts and opinions unto themselves until they leave University.
@@rayfoulkes5713 I'm afraid I tend to go for broadening my students' minds, helping them learn to think critically, and teach them to be able to justify their opinions. These are all things they should be getting marks for, as well as learning the substantive facts of the topic. I don't see very much "You must say X or we'll fail you " in teaching; the problem is much more around lazy assumptions that "everyone thinks this" - lecturers don't threaten to fail a student who supported Brexit, but OTOH they can't understand why anyone would reasonably support Brexit; they eg reach for Neo-Marxist theories of 'False Consciousness'. And as Prof Stokes says, most of the worst stuff comes from the top via the University bureaucracy.
Peter Whittle needs his own show on GB TV.
yes I think he is great for TV
If only, as I'd swap Alistair Stewart for Peter any day.
Agreed, but as soon as GB TV started hiring all its presenters from the mainstream TV channels rather than the many people who have provided far more insight on the non-mainstream media then it became apparent that it would be close to useless as an alternative.
GB TV is fake conservatism, it is conservatism inc
Absolutely agree with you , he does a wonderful job of exposing what’s going on , the interviews are engaging and very informative.
A very interesting man I wish him every success in helping to re-educate our children
@@bdts35 in this case I think 'reprogram' seems more applicable.
I was right in stating re-educate. The Chinese indoctrinate with impunity. We I hope will be able to undue the terrible indoctrination of the left thus re-education seems more appropriate.
@@bdts35 re-educate and educate in this scenario are as equal as flammable and inflammable, they mean the same thing.
He thinks Edward Said is great.
Countries that don't have mass migration from Asia and Africa don't have this problem.
Thanks for stating the bloody obvious! Multi-culturalism does not work...
@@MB-dp1rj but it isn't obvious to everyone, particularly the upper class left and university students
@@brittanydawn2633 Touche!! Point taken...
If you have a better culture people need to either assimilate or leave.
@@benaiahwright937 they are not gonna leave. Stop migration and you don't have that problem.
" Overwhelmingly white" is my favourite casual racist description
Your “pronoun” 👍🏻
"Never seen so many white people"
You can’t be racist against white people
@@scinformation7229 that whole statement doesn’t make sense. Written by some pseudo woke token grappling through the dictionary for big words to impress and getting it all wrong.
@@scinformation7229 *THE WHITE SLAVE TRADE* In the Bristol Channel (United Kingdom) there is an island known as 'Slave Island'. It is where newly acquired 'slaves' were held before shipping to their new 'home'.. AFRICA. Yes these were *WHITE SLAVES* taken by *BLACK SLAVE TRADERS* to supply the African market. WHITE people were taken from all around the Mediterranean, and up the Atlantic coast, all the way to England, Wales, and maybe beyond.
*WHY DON'T WE HEAR ABOUT THIS?*
And who's going to pay repatriations to the white people ?!!!
Prof Doug Stokes is brilliant, it would be a privilege to have had my children attend his lectures and in the future my grandchildren. He is absolutely spot on with his take on the virtue-signalling privileged academics, a thoroughly nasty lot.
Academics are an insecure lot. They are dependent on following the academic thought patterns and fashions and should they argue their own independent ideas they could be jobless and unable to pay that mortgage!!
@C Bee not yet.
Clem Alford they are indeed often very insecure because The Emperor Has No Clothes in most of the soft subjects (especially in the social sciences) and that makes them viciously defensive as their whole raison d’etre is a house built on sand - it’s hocus pocus and Blair’s expansion of the universities in the 90s, with simultaneously lowering the entrance requirements helped to churn out the ideologically motivated robots now calling the shots across institutional levels and public services and academic hive mind factories.
I was taught once by him at the University of Kent, he is great.
you are hilarious
That’s where Critical Race and Gender Ideology came from... of course
Great interview. Let's have more of Professor Stokes. As a white working-class Brit, why should I have to apologise for my existence to the Woke brigade?
The only ism that is not talked about is ageism. Why can't I get a job at 60, and cannot get a pension until I am 67? That is not fair at all.
It's not right or fair, especially when people in their 60s seem to have so much more life compared to say, people who were in their 60s back in the 80s.
To be fair - not many people can get a job atm.
@Fiona GREGORY Ageism is a real problem in spite of laws that have been around for decades to combat it. I've just turned 55 today and have been out of work for over two years with no income or governmental support and in no small part due to lockdowns. In my previous work I was second to the CEO in terms of age in a company of +60 employees mostly in their mid 20's to 30's. I doubt I would get the same job if I had to apply to my company again. I'm degree qualified, have years of experience in my field but feel that its wasting away. You only have to take a cursory glance at modern culture, particularly advertising to see that it is all youth oriented. Compounding the issue is that the general advice for the over 50's, from the many offering careers guidance, is to start ones own business as opposed to looking for work as an employee. The problem is, going down this route is high risk, high effort, where we're less in a position to secure funding and less able to bear the brunt of a failure than someone in their early 20's.
@Richard B Thanks! 😁 Yes, tough for everyone in what appears to be a development into some form of new world order post covid. Uncertain times ahead.... 🤔
Don't be in a rush to get your pension, it's barely enough to live on. I'm 71. I hope you can find work, experience counts doesn't it? Older folks have got it, the young don't. Good Luck.
Why are we white people responsible for slavery which occurred centuries ago? Even the Romans had slaves I believe, and also we had servants, up to the Edwardian age. Still, nothing to do with me, who was born in 1961.
My mother and her sister were orphaned age 15 and 13 ( their single mother died of TB) in 1936, their destiny was to go into workhouse or work at the big house paid with bed and food . Their older brother was later allowed to be their guardian.
There’s slavery going on today in 2021 which they don’t care about at all, they’re just looking for excuses to attack white, Western, European culture and its people.
The transatlantic slave trade (Portuguese, American, European) took 12-12.8million black Africans where as the Arabic slave trade took 17.5-50million black slaves killing most of them and turning all males into Eunuchs along with 1.6+million white slaves from Eastern Europe, the Arabic slave trade was far worse than the transatlantic slave trade and the only thing Britain and America ever did differently was FREEING our former slaves and spending the past 160+ years focusing on giving them rights.
Something that is also never ever ever mentioned is the fact that it was the Nigerians that went out and captured their own African people and sold them to the slave traders. Never hear so much as a squeak about it ever.
@chickpea the tortie, I bet its the ones shouting loudest who have the most connection to the slave trade.
Academia should not be in the business of policing or projecting their own biases into college material and the authors of academic literature. Race has nothing to do with subjects outside of itself and universities should stick to those subjects without prejudice.
race is more to do with geography, history and biology, all happening before international travel.
My daughter (Sheffield Uni) told me her boyfriend doesn’t believe in traditional masculinity.
So I asked her, if a burglar broke into their house, she would be perfectly OK with her boyfriend hiding under the duvet whilst she went downstairs in her nightie to confront a criminal !
To quote Mike Tyson - “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face”
This is what they want. Leave the women vulnerable.
Destruction of males. The “elite” destroyed the European males/ warriors. This feminised trash kind of male is not needed in Europe. This destruction has been going on for decades.. actually since 1945. Just look at the c-U-c-k politicians ( of every party) we have now.
Men with low masculinity is a sign of a civilisation in decline. Even In Rome sculptures of Men became more feminine before the collapse
shes with a beta, have a word.
Like Bill Burr said "There are no feminists in a house fire"
It seems to me a choice is looming up ahead of us: - will we allow the third world (Africa and Islam) to overwhelm and envelop us - and we become like other civilisations, just names on a map that show where once a people held sway - or will we defend our borders - put up walls to keep the human flood out?
Curtsey.
Whilst i concur with the sentiment, good luck bringing that into action
@@spundam Thanks - and it's Spawndumpt.
@@craigward7691 Poland - a country that has been mauled by history is managing to keep Poland Polish - as is Hungary, Hungarian.
At some point a people can vote - "enough is enough," and depose the globalist politicians.
Granted - it's a battle. The bourgeois establishment of left and right (that rule) for their own reasons, do not give a fig for the indigenous peoples of the UK - and will quite happily see them and their cultures drown in a sea of immigrants.
When I see Nicola Sturgeon (say), ironically the leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party, I just see someone who sees her future self in a nice stone former farm house in Tuscany, not Scotland. And Boris - once he's made his pile - will be off to Greece or Turkey - or maybe Provence. The left despise the people, and so do the right. So cometh the man - the hour is upon us.
@@Gozzillacia Again, i wholly agree with the sentiment, i just don't honestly see any sort of 'revolution' taking place.
They have managed to implement a system that is churning out either braindead, recalcitrant c**ts who are pre-occupied with drill music and trying to be 'roadmen', or cultural marxist proponents who are all for the dilution of our society.
The only group that would be willing and/or able to bring about the paradigm shift that would allow us to overthrow the globalist elites are the braindead recalcitrants, who, sadly, will never have any desire to emancipate themselves from the idiocy they have cemented themselves in.
Eliphas Levi, the French occultist, once profoundly wrote:
"What is required to destroy evil on the earth? Something which looks very simple: the enlightenment of the dolts and the vicious. But here all goodwill fails and all efforts founder; the vicious and the dolts have no wish to be enlightened"
This man Doug is wondrous. He is learned, humble and is the actual embodiment of triumph over adversity. Crikey…..he sincerely cares
Yes, but he's making a living doing it, though, right ?
He's taken his opportunities in life, and I guess you could say that he's a good guy who has the capacity to become great.
What a great intellect, without the arrogance. Very well informed.
Professor Doug Stokes, Before you mentioned your background, I knew listening to you that you are Working Class, and a brave man speaking out, You are a Ray of hope Sir
I had no idea how deep the rot had penetrated in the UK academic system. Thank you, Doug, for speaking about this. We will all benefit from the defeat of woke supremacy and the obliteration of the Grievance Industrial Complex.
@@scinformation7229 Oh God.
Professor Stokes taught me when I was studying International Relations at Exeter. Knew he was the good sort.
I am not working class, I am just 60 so according to employers, too old to get a job. What crap. I have been using computers and word processors since they were invented, and I can also spell properly and so on, unlike most 20/30 year olds.
Fiona, I am totally in sympathy with you. I am afraid you will have to do 'temp' work or freelance work. My experience of the latter is that I worked day and night, and had to take two weeks off twice a year just to sleep. Keep on telling like it is! You are not alone! Best of luck!
@@marieparker3822 thanks.
Prof. Doug 'I'll shut up in a second' Stokes, please don't shut up, what you have to say we want to hear, and thank you for this one Peter, your channel is one of my favourite, always informative.
Thank you for your honesty professor Stokes.. all power to your elbow..
The people who sell this snake oil of the soul, will never have to deal with the consequences.
Traditionally, when the revolution is achieved, the revolutionaries are the first against the wall.
You will keep on saying that but you will do nothing while you wait for someone else to start the revolution. Everyone is waiting for someone else to do something more than talk talk talk talk talk . . .
@Richard B Nothing will happen because humans are herd animals who do nothing without a leader and all the leaders are supplied and supported by our enemies.
@@dreamdiction
Currently we've all got too much to lose to rock the boat.
Things won't be taken away rapidly because that would invoke a reaction.
We'll be slowly strangled while our minds are numbed with Netflix and pharmaceuticals.
@@jimbodriver1015
The front line revolutionaries are agents of chaos by nature.
They are very dangerous to have in your organisation without a cause to battle against.
It's the reason so many "purges" take place after the revolution is competed.
According to critical race theorists I as a White Scot should not be involved in another none Scots culture. I am then open to cultural appropriation!!I have spent 53 years in South Asian Classical music as a study and performer. All my studies and experiences according to these weird mental standards are meaningless. I think these mental gymnastics need to be exposed as twisted.
Universities!!! Hate factories would be a better description!
kek
Along with the schools now from primary age upwards. I am so glad I had my education in the 1960s /70s. They taught us to think for ourselves.
Animal Farm training ground for fascist pigs.
I voted for a Conservative government and I got this hell hole that we live in now. We might aswell had voted for Corbyn.
The global oligarchy are the winners of Global Capitalism and Globalisation eg Amazon and Microsoft
Serves you right. Conservatives hate paying white indigenous people sick pay holiday benefits work life balance etc etc
Why do you think we have zero hours contracts. ?? And our working class schools are in a shambles
How can these people believe they are on a "higher moral plain", when they are looking down with scorn at the working class? It's power masquerading as moral fortitude. And with power comes disdain for those without it. Perhaps this is wrong, yet all this strikes me as games of power.
And they seem to be blaming the working classes for the privilege that the truly privileged are enjoying = at the expense of everyone else
Power has always attracted the dishonest, and it has always used moralistic rhetoric to justify their domination and obscure the hypocrisy with which they rule.
The difference these days is that instead of trying to justify their oppression in the old ways, they're pretending to be among the oppressed!
It’s the students of Exeter university who are privileged.
We should start by cutting the number of universities by half and refusing student loans to those enrolled on Mickey Mouse degree courses. Give young people a future by developing and expanding technical colleges and institutions offering vocational training and apprenticeships.
You don't understand business and the culture of greed in our country
It's a mega business now tied into property and accomodation. The certificate issued at the end is meaningless. Graduates need to be put on maths /English programmes because they are illiterate. Business is very very good though
Never heard of this guy but he's great.
This is the first time I have came across the Professor and he strikes me as an absolute legend. A man who has not capitulated or compromised any moral integrity to this! I’m glad he is taking this very seriously and I do hope that he is listened to!
The foundational values of our Educational Institutions are under threat, mostly from University leaderships! - Prof. Doug Stokes
Its like you are asking for a bigger shovel while being dorced to dig your grave
Revenge racism is not social justice.
correct
@Marcus N
Revenge will never bring social justice. It will only escalate the situation and be counter productive. Hatred begets hatred and violence begets violence.
It is social revenge.
Why does this channel never discuss why this is happening under a Tory government?
@John Stephens I'm asking why this channel always gets people on to talk about the effects but obfuscates the causes
I don’t think it does that. As an immigrant the uk has gone from thinking it was the best at everything to being the worst. When I watch tv adverts I wonder what country I’m living in given that I’m the European ethnic minority where I live. Sole ethnic minority
@@warmasterhorus it's a pressure release valve
We have discussed this numerous times on our shows "So What You're Saying Is..." & CounterCulture and in specific short monologue videos by Peter Whittle.
@John Stephens it is just a bit crap.
Never seen Prof Doug Stokes before but he's new hero in the fight against the racist left wing elite.
He hit the nail on the head about his upbringing. I grew up in East London too. My first mate was black, his mum used to look out for me when my dad was on his own. We were all just working class. Our skins were irrelevant. Most of these academics have come from privileged backgrounds and like Doug says should be made to walk thru some of these estates and accuse white people there of being privileged. Be interesting to see how long they last.
I know times were really racist back in the 70s but since then over time things have got much better. We've still got a way to go to complete cast the curse of racism out of society but we were getting there with gradual integration. The new woke mob see that integration, thru familiarity and ignorance removal, as a threat so have now restoked the fires of racism so they can rally round a new cause.
Fast tracking people with no academic credibility to "professorships" is a very serious issue. Potential students should examine the background of lecturers and "professors" before they sign up for any course.
Doug Stokes - respect to that man .... What a story and breath of fresh air to see someone from his background with sensible thought, in the top echelons of education ..
What a great speaker. He's the real deal. There are so few independent thinkers in the universities like Doug. I love his phrase "the grievance industrial complex" - so accurate.
This was going on since I was a kid I am 33, I noticed the oddities then but assumed we were engaging in this stuff because we were better than other countries which ironically contradicts the mantra of we're all equal. I assumed other countries would follow 'our' great example and as time passed every year I notice more and more the country change, I looked to other European countries and started to notice them change too and not for the better and then I noticed continents and countries Africa, China, the middle east Israel, they don't give and will never give a fck about this stuff and rightly care about themselves, their culture and their religion. Then I noticed all the countries taking on the great change were all white, then I started to realise something very evil has been and is being done to the people of this country and its children. Then I started to ask questions, then I started to get labelled all the nasty words under the sun.
What an insightful and intelligent man!
Insightful. Inciteful would be bad!
@@simontmn Well spotted. Thank you!
Just stop sending your kids to university, get them doing something useful with their lives
Once they come of furlough in 2022 they may consider looking for a job.
Universities nowadays are communist, feminised, power avoidance institutions . The Jolly Herectic channel ( Professor Dutton) explains well.
Frankfurt school was the best project ever how to destroy Christianity.
Unfortunately we cannot name the tribe behind Frankfurt school .
@@renatar3749 Of course we can. It is the tribe of the Hawknose Indians.
Tribalism...is a part of human nature, everyone chooses a side in everything
the problem with communism is that it promotes a monolithic culture that empathizes the collective or the individual
The problem is Globalisation. Both cultural Marxism AND global Woke capitalism want the end of tradition traditional values and the nation state.
Black History Month - can we please have a White History Month?
no that is not allowed , it is called double standards , you are not allowed (!?) to have a racial sense of identity as a white person that would be considered racist, that would be exactly what they wish to suppress
The irony is,of course...what is the racial make-up of academia.overwhelmingly?
Fantastically engaging, thought provoking conversation, that was very courageous (given these times). I wish Prof. Stokes the best. The stories he told of the conditions of his upbringing obviously produced a man I would be proud to learn from or have my children educated by. Truly one of the best discussions I have enjoyed in ages.
Excellent guest, please, please, please get James Lindsay on!!!
He is at the forefront of interpretation of this CRT language.
One main problem is that most academics have no real world experience. They have remained their whole lives in school and are very good at school games. But they know little of how things actually work.
@@jimbodriver1015 perfect observation, thank you.
@@jimbodriver1015 these days all you need is the right gender and skin color .. that is all
There can be no doubt, after listening to Prof Stokes, that the origin of wokeism in current university culture is created by a very real fear of the precarious nature of tenure on the part of even the most senior teaching staff.
I could listen to this gentleman all day. I am glad it was longer than most of your interviews. I hope you talk to him again very very soon!
"There are States in the World that have a fair amount of self-belief" - I wonder who is behind the erosion of ours????
The people who don't believe in that whole "nation thing" and want a world government.
Doug Stokes in your position you are very brave to speak out, respect to you, truth has become a crime in the western world.
Thank you, another great interview!
Good chat & once again (surprise! surprise!) the kind of content the MSM simply don't cover. Hopefully GB news will change that, but fairplay to you guys for this honest assessment on the current state of our Universities.
Good to see sensible people are still around. Thank you to you both.
Powerful, insightful and engaging. Professor Doug Stokes is Man of his Time!
Great guest, great show ... again. ;-)
Thanks x
I'm an Australian (and English) teacher who has worked in both England and Australia, as well as other countries all across the world. After having lived and worked in Asia, Africa and elsewhere, it has become even more evident to me, upon returning to Australia, that this is an entirely Western phenomenon. We face the same dysfunction here in Australian schools as in inner London schools and, presumably in America and Canada as well. The system is completely broken and, in my opinion, sooner or later we will be left with no alternative but to rebuild our institutions from the ground up.
🇬🇧😃👍 Excellent, thank you.
The only diversity we don't seem to have is that of ideas in that you are basically forced to accept the same idealogy. I do believe that this insanity is a fad which will pass but my concern is how much damage it will cause until it has.
Yes, "diversity" to a self-styled progressive just means people of different skin shades who all think the same and vote the same.
As someone who teaches in Higher Education, I can confirm that what the title to this piece states is true. However, it is rather stranger, as a truth, than it appears at first.
It is certainly true that 'race' has become a new battleground at our universities. It has taken over from gender, sexuality and, the conflict when I was a student, social class.
On one level there is the 'Achievement Gap' issue. This, the Office of Students, is trying to resolve by both carrot and stick. Narrow the gap and the university keeps its funding; keep the gap and guess the consequences. So universities are going into a blind panic as to how to solve this. They have already made special concessions over admissions. This has been going on for years. But, of course, this has only contributed the 'Gap' in question. Recently Goldsmiths have introduced the mitigating circumstance of 'racial trauma.' This can get you extra time for an assignment. But, presumably, any race can use that. Otherwise, is it not, in itself, racist? Anyway, that will hardly do the trick in the long run.
What will happen (watch that space) is that Black (but 'wrapped up' in the BAME title to make it less obvious) students will be 'consulted' about the issue. This will result in them devising courses that 'suit their interests' and are 'assessed in a way that suits them.' I taught at universities in the US and I see exactly to where this leads. I once marked an essay - no, you can't make this up - from a student on a 'Black Studies' course entitled: 'What I did in my vacation.' As it happens I failed him on the essay. The Dean, in no uncertain terms, told me to 'review my mark.' I got the message. These students end up with a First class degree in rubbish. It is the equivalent of a Media Studies degree. The 'achievement gap' is bridged, the employability gap is only widened. Go work that one out for yourself.
By the way, at many US universities, such as Yale, black students have separate graduation ceremonies from their peers. It is a self-imposed apartheid. We are also heading in that direction. As I say, watch that space.
However, it is more complicated than this. It is even more complicated than the constant pressure I am put under to 'decolonise' my English Common Law course (!!!).
'Decolonisation' is an odd phenomenon because - at least pre-Covid - 1 in 4 of my law students came from abroad. That is, the EU, Africa, India and the general Asian region. They came here to study - presumably - English law. If they wanted to study the Law of the tribes of India, Africa and China they would have been far better off not making the long journey and paying the high fees. The problem is that this pap is concocted by University administrators. 'University administrators' are, by definition, people who cannot teach and cannot write. Hence, so as to cause as little damage as possible, they get 'posted' to administrative roles. The trouble is, at British universities, the 'tail now wags the dog.' In order to keep their position these same university administrators feel impelled to indulge in meaningless gestures. The oral and written equivalent of 'taking the knee.' The damage this causes is enormous, as you might imagine.
However, my day-to-day problem is none of the above. My real real problem is the perpetual desire of fellow academics to be seen to be 'Woke or die.' Some of you may remember Rik from the 'Young Ones' with his lapels full of badges proclaiming how 'right on!' he was (ie 'Save the Gay Whale'). Well, being an academic in a department is like being surrounded by 'Riks', only these 'Riks' want to assert their 'Right On' credentials in order to promote their careers. The white lecturers, who are most in need of promoting their Wokeness, are devils at this game. It means promotion at best, and not being accused in the general witch hunt, at a basic level. You get 'most points' for informing on the lack of Wokeness of a colleague, getting his disciplined, getting him sacked, and, best of all, making him unemployable. Let's put it this way: In the last three years I have had three colleagues commit suicide. That is how bad it has got.
But enough, this is getting too depressing.
Thank you The New Culture Forum Channel. I am very much looking forward to what Professor Stokes has to say, particularly as he is an academic at a fellow Russell Group University.
The above makes for depressing reading.. but I accept every word of it. Very sad indeed.
I listened to a conversation between Keith Woods and The Distributist and The Distributist pointed out how much money, a lot, California has invested in trying to level the playing field over the years and that what we are seeing now, these desperate attempts to elevate some over others, is the result of the failure of those policies.
" Narrow the gap and the university keeps its funding; keep the gap and guess the consequences."
Then the problem sounds to be higher up than universities. Why is their funding judged based on this racial criteria and who pushes it so successfully?
All I can say is Jesus Christ, that is bloody terrible. You have my sympathies. I think you need to go to a newspaper to tell this story to be honest.
@@Hindenzog Thanks for your comment Toby. The truth is that I have thought, many times, of going to a newspaper. The trouble is, if I do that, my career is well and truly over. Even if what I say is published anonymously, once details are requested, certain Wokefinders will put two-and-two together. I long came to the conclusion that I can do far more good within the system as a ‘sleeper.’ I will keep the ‘whistleblowing’ to my retirement. There is a hell of a lot to say.
It is odd how one begins to recognise ones fellow sleepers at a Russell Group university. A colleague rants against ‘stupid people’ and ‘Brexit.’ You are quiet and you notice a person across the room is quiet too. There is a quick exchange of glances and a sudden feeling of acknowledgement. You feel comforted by the fact that in the room is a “fellow traveller.” There are not many of them, but they are there. Sometimes it happens the same way with students.
In academia, supporting Brexit or being opposed to the extreme Woke agenda, is now regarded as the “sin that dare not speak its name.”
The large administrative substructure is the problem, I can't imagine that adding a layer to the bureaucracy would be an improvement. Remove layers versus adding them.
Same as NHS keep adding layers and layers of irrelevant middle and upper management which sucks energy time and money out and ensures inefficiency
@@sbwlearning1372 Every government run industry ends up this way. Then all they care about is protecting their budget.
Stop voting for Tories and Labour.
Majority of the mass still don’t get that both parties belong to the same tribe who wants to destroy indigenous Europeans and by extension Western civilisation.
What an inspiration Doug is.
What a breath of fresh air! Excellent!!
It's been a pleasure to see the NCF channel growing - 122K subscribers is a remarkable achievement for thoughtful content. I haven't been a consistently devoted follower, but my interest has grown over time. The success of the channel, for me personally, rests on three pillars. Firstly, the political message is timely, consistent and sound. Secondly, Peter and the contributors are personable and good communicators. And finally, the production quality is of a high order for this medium. The excellence of the channel in all three areas is such that I imagine people like myself are both slow to subscribe and subsequently reluctant to unsubscribe. I say this because I'd like to congratulate all involved and express my gratitude for all the good work you must have poured into this venture.
Thank you very much indeed, @Robin Morritt. Comments like these make our job all the more worthwhile. Best wishes from the NCF team.
@@NewCultureForum I fully agree with what @Robin Morrit has to say
Unusually profound for TH-cam.
Many thanks to all concerned.
Absolutely excellent top-notch interview ! 👍🏻
what a great interview, his passion speaks volumes, well done peter, i've never seen you ask so few question, he almost didn't pause for breath, great stuff
This man has got a brilliant story to tell - don't know why we don't see more of him.
It's pretty obvious mate.. He's a White man that doesn't bend to the narrative.
Well done, Peter. Fascinating interview.
My favourite episode so far. This man has incredible insight. I wish he had the ear of our PM. I was particularly interested to hear him speak about spirituality in relation to our identity. He is spot on when he says that PC culture is fundamentally about moral superiority.
Great interview with an interesting perspective👍
I really enjoyed listening to this 👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻
This is one brave man, I am worried what the future holds for my grandchildren, why have we become second class in our own country. I have had racist all my life and don't say it didn't happen to white people. I remember in work a black nurse said to me when taking about this subject I said it happens to me, I have experienced racist abuse she was so shocked she expressed disbelief in her face and said really. Never said another word.
Please have this gentleman on again.
This guy is a straight talker and mega brain. Wow. Best interviews ive seen in a long time. Thanks!
So refreshing. I knew people from Exeter during the 60s and see Doug in that tradition. What a benefit to our youth of today.
Superb interview and a honest decent man telling it as it is. Wish there were more like him.
That was fantastic - a really interesting guy. Thanks Peter.
"Freedom of speach" should be broadened to: "Freedom of speach and debate". The extra two words clarify what is meant.
there is no real freedom of speech , what people say and think in the comfort of their own home cannot be expressed openly without consequence the hate crime laws prevent almost all
freedom of speech
Doug is very good. To a large extent he only states the obvious, but he states it with clarity and brevity.
And diplomacy.
Thank God for grateful people. Thanks for a very interesting interview
Never heard of Doug Stokes before, good show!
Two Good Men. We need more.
Very illuminating, and rather chilling.
In Orwell's 1984 Winston Smith was very aware that the slightest facial twitch would look suspicious and could lead to interrogation by the Thought Police.
Just wanted to say thank you for that, great discussion!
Wow, what a brilliant, well informed and interesting guest!
Great interview as usual.
What a brilliant speaker.....
What a nice, intelligent and interesting man - one of the best guests you've had on Peter!
Great interview and good to hear a brave person in academia explaining the current illiberal diktats being handed down. Hopefully it will encourage others to speak out too.
A wonderful down to earth character. Very good interview.
one of the best interviews i have seen .
I fear for my job and my career, if I say anything against these ideas - said the academic in 2021, echoing the German in the '30s and the Russian under Stalin.
We do not have colonies any more. All sorts of immigrants can come and live and work here, full stop (not period).
Globalisation was always the destruction of the nation state and the importing of cheap labour
this man is an absolute gent!