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The idea of free speech is being deployed as a fig-leaf for privileged white commentators to justify the abuse of their ‘legal’ right to demonise people of colour writes Nafeez Ahmed

Do people of colour, do Muslims, do migrants, do minorities, do people on the sharp end of racism, discrimination and white supremacism have the right to speak out?

Do they have the right to challenge, to oppose, to withdraw, to resist, to speak, to debate, when they see powerful institutions, often dominated by white people, promoting and rewarding individuals that serve to mainstream, legitimise and normalise hateful narratives?

Narratives which malign people of colour, Muslims, migrants, minorities and people suffering from racism, discrimination and white supremacism?

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://mediadiversified.org/2018/10/26/melanie-phillips-wants-to-destroy-the-muslim-world/