In one respect, the scaremongers are right: Racism is alive and well in this country, being imbedded in our institutions and abetted by the arms of the state. But this scourge manifests itself not in the hackneyed and often illusionary variety forever invoked by the liberal-left. This is the benevolent, ‘nice’ form of racial discrimination, one which bizarrely presents itself as an extension of anti-racism.

Those with a morbid fascination with skin colour are being actively encouraged in their hobby

Race obsessives not only remain a real presence, but those with a morbid fascination with skin colour are being actively encouraged in their hobby. Taxpayers are now funding a music festival which bans white people from its leadership. The annual Decolonise Fest, a London event for ‘punx [sic] of colour,’ one which aspires to undo the damage of colonialism and ‘dismantle white supremacy’ in the punk scene, not only forbids whites from its hierarchy, but has received money from the Arts Council, National Lottery and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

In the words of the festival’s organisers, ‘white people cannot join the organising group’, as the event seeks to ‘focus on people of colour’ and the ‘contribution punx of colour have made to the punk scene since its........

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