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Take Me HomeAlka Sehgal Cuthbert: The Equality Act Isn't WorkingDr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert is an educator, academic, author and campaigner who heads up the advocacy group Don't Divide Us. She makes the case that the Equality Act is doing more harm than good.Get in touch: sdp.org.ukhilary.salt@sdp.org.uksebastian.moore@sdp.org.ukRecommendations:The Equality Act Isn't Working (Don't Divide Us Report)2025-07-2353 min
British Thought LeadersThe Equality Act Is Damaging Our Culture and Is Not Fit for Purpose: Alka Sehgal CuthbertNTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, the director of Don’t Divide Us, to talk about the Equality Act. Sehgal Cuthbert says this law is breaking down Britain’s workplace civility and creating a grievance culture, resulting in a big rise in tribunals—most of which are rejected. She says the Act is used to police our relationships in the workplace and is a legal embodiment of the push for a multicultural Britain.
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Irreverend: Faith and Current AffairsThe Shady World of Church of England Slavery ReparationsChurch of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie French are joined by former Old Bailey judge and lay minister Charles Wide KC for a deep dive into the shady world of Project Spire: the Church Commissioners' project to give £100 million rising to £1 billion of Church of England money to communities and people ostensibly disadvantaged by the historic legacy of slavery. But has this project been carried out ethically and with proper legal and intellectual safeguards and are its representatives being fully transparent about what is really going on behind the scenes? Do the Church Com...2025-02-141h 26
Dan Wootton OutspokenOUTSPOKEN EP #75Lucy Connolly, the wife of a Tory councillor, has been jailed for TWO AND A HALF YEARS for an inappropriate post on X after the Southport Massacre.In his Digest, Dan slams the sentence of “truly sick”, explaining she was devastated because her own 19-month son had been killed by NHS neglect.He describes her as a political prisoner.Then his guests Younes Sadaghiani and Alka Sehgal-Cuthbert weigh in.PLUS: Mrs Brown’s Boys mired in a new BBC race rowAND: Jim Davidson lashes out at Labour’s threat t...2024-10-171h 07
Thinking Class#047 - Dr. Alka Sehgal Cuthbert - How The Intolerant And Divisive Language Of Anti-Racism And Poor Policy Fractured BritainDr. Alka Sehgal-Cuthbert is the director of the organisation Don't Divide Us. She is an educator, academic, author, and campaigner who believes passionately in the essential importance of impartiality. In this episode, Alka and I think out loud about the importance of recognising our common humanity amidst a sea of divisive ideologies, the various critiques of the current anti-racism movement and why Alka emphasises the need for a more universal and humanistic approach to governance, how the role of education and public policy shape societal attitudes, what the inherent dangers of multiculturalism are and its contribution to t...2024-10-031h 05
Wisdom RebellionEp 09: Exploring Division and Diversity in Education with Dr Alka Sehgal CuthbertIn today’s episode, our host Kat Kuczynska sits down with Dr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, the thoughtful director of Don't Divide Us, an organisation that challenges the rise of critical race theory and divisive ideologies in our schools. Together, they explore the substantial growth of diversity and inclusion roles across various sectors, especially in education, and discuss the financial and ideological implications of this trend.Alka voices her concern over the rise of relativistic ideas in education, urging a re-evaluation of how these ideologies shape our children's future and the very fabric of democracy. As we confront th...2024-05-1645 min
Academy of IdeasUnderstanding Modi's IndiaBattle of Ideas festival 2023, Sunday 29 October, Church House, London
ORIGINAL INTRODUCTION
In August, India made world news by being the first nation to land near the Moon’s South Pole. Prime Minister Narendra Modi described it as a historic moment for humanity and ‘the dawn of the new India’. Meanwhile, India’s digital transformation of its financial system is reported by payments systems company ACI Worldwide to be operating on a larger scale than even in the US and China. Earlier this year, UN population estimates suggested India has overtaken China as the world’s most popul...2024-05-1545 min
DM-Mi PodcastDr Alka Sehgal CuthbertSend us a textDr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert is an educator, academic, author and campaigner who believes passionately in the essential importance of impartiality both in education and as a prerequisite for the civilised conversations necessary for democracy to flourish. Alka is currently the Director of Don’t Divide Us, and in this episode we discuss Alka's career as a teacher, the challenges of the Education system, her writings and even her ventures into politics with the Brexit party.Check out Alka's books and articles for Spiked Online:https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Should-Schools-Teach-Disciplines/dp...2024-03-1135 min
EquianoPod18. Taking a Stand against AntisemitismTackling the Rise of Antisemitism in the UK
Why is it that in a culture that invests some ethnic identities with high moral value, that Jewish identity doesn’t seem to have a place within today’s hierarchy of identity politics? And why is a war over 3,000 miles away provoking such intense reactions among people in Britain who have little direct connection with, or often knowledge of, the Middle East?
Don't Divide Us and The Equiano Project co-hosted a public event on 11th December 2023, featuring a panel of esteemed speakers and thinkers. The event focused on a...2023-12-1848 min
Last Orders - a spiked podcastShould schools be free to indoctrinate?Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, director of Don’t Divide Us, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the rise of racial identity politics in schools, the uselessness of the WHO, and the perils of prohibition.
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British Thought LeadersDr Alka Seghal Cuthbert talks about British School Education and the increasing influence of Critical Race TheoryDr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert is an educator, academic, author and campaigner who believes passionately in the essential importance of impartiality both in education and as a prerequisite for the civilised conversations necessary for democracy to flourish. Alka became director of Don’t Divide Us following two years as its founder lead on education, a campaign which she felt impelled to join as a counter to the fractious and one-sided discussions about race relations in the UK which have dominated since 2020.
Alka began her career teaching English Literature in inner-city London and went on to become a member of...2023-11-1424 min
That’s Debatable!Tiptoeing through the delicate broadcast ecologyIt’s almost exactly a year since PayPal cancelled the FSU’s account and so Tom & Ben kick off today with some thoughts around how much of an existential threat the move was to the organisation. Sadly, though, it was just one example amongst many ‘financial exclusion’ cases to have been reported more widely since then, the most high-profile being the cancellation of Nigel Farage’s account by Coutts bank.
On Monday 9 October, Toby and Nigel will be discussing their experience of financial censorship at a live event in London; tickets are available here.
A fantastic...2023-10-0349 minThat’s Debatable!Tiptoeing through the delicate broadcast ecologyIt’s almost exactly a year since PayPal cancelled the FSU’s account and so Tom & Ben kick off today with some thoughts around how much of an existential threat the move was to the organisation. Sadly, though, it was just one example amongst many ‘financial exclusion’ cases to have been reported more widely since then, the most high-profile being the cancellation of Nigel Farage’s account by Coutts bank.
On Monday 9 October, Toby and Nigel will be discussing their experience of financial censorship at a live event in London; tickets are available here.
A fantastic...2023-10-0349 minThat’s Debatable!Who Governs Britain?We begin today’s episode by pondering some interesting parallels between last week’s letter from Dame Caroline Dinenage requesting on-line platforms to consider demonetising Russell Brand and the long but fascinating history of Acts of Attainder. Dame Caroline’s letter was discussed at length by Ben on GB News last week. We move on to an important victory for the FSU and one of our members. Colonel (retired) Dr Kelvin Wright has been cleared after he was investigated for sharing a Facebook post stating that ‘men cannot be women’. Following this positive outcome, Dr Wright commented that, while he has been vindi...2023-09-2647 minThat’s Debatable!Who Governs Britain?We begin today’s episode by pondering some interesting parallels between last week’s letter from Dame Caroline Dinenage requesting on-line platforms to consider demonetising Russell Brand and the long but fascinating history of Acts of Attainder. Dame Caroline’s letter was discussed at length by Ben on GB News last week. We move on to an important victory for the FSU and one of our members. Colonel (retired) Dr Kelvin Wright has been cleared after he was investigated for sharing a Facebook post stating that ‘men cannot be women’. Following this positive outcome, Dr Wright commented that, while he has been vindi...2023-09-2647 min
New Culture ForumThe Outside Groups Teaching YOUR Children Race Ideology & White PrivilegeOn this week's #NCFWhittle we are joined by Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, Director of "Don't Divide Us - The UK's Common Sense Voice on Race". She discusses a new report by "Don't Divide Us" which exposes the third-party organisations that are promoting radical political beliefs in schools through EDI provision.
Beliefs such as:
* Britain is an institutionally racist country due to a selective account of its past
* White people are privileged
* Black people can only succeed if white people make space for them
* Colour-blind approaches to inequality are not respectable beliefs
* Impartiality in schools is a problem
She argues that these...2023-07-1628 min
SundaySoul Survivor; 'Our Problematic Father'; White PrivilegeThe Church of England's National Safeguarding Team has said it will not discipline Soul Survivor's Mike Pilavachi. Pilavachi, who founded Soul Survivor church and its Christian youth festivals resigned four months after more than 100 people alleged inappropriate behaviour that including wrestling with young teenagers. Edward Stourton speaks to David Gate, a former Soul Survivor church member, who shares his first hand experience.The Archbishop of York said last week that addressing God as 'Our Father' might be 'problematic'. We've gathered the opinions of some theologians - Christian, Muslim and Jewish - about the gender of God. 2023-07-1636 min
Planet NormalTruth triumphs on lockdown and lab leakOur co-pilots are feeling a bit smug this week, as a series of revelations lift the lid on Covid untruths at home and abroad.Allison argues The Telegraph's Lockdown Files give us a 'jaw-dropping' insight into the mayhem behind decision-making in the pandemic. Liam thinks the leaked messages will have a profound impact on the public inquiry into Covid-19.The FBI chief's admission that the virus likely leaked from a Chinese lab is cause for cheer on the rocket, as so-called conspiracy theorists are finally vindicated.Also climbing into the...2023-03-0257 min
Parents UniteWe Are What We TeachChris Burr, Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, and Paul Rossi, Moderated by Bonnie Snyder, at the Diversity Of Thought In K-12 Education Conference2023-01-2053 minParents UniteAgency, How Effective Leadership Proves It Can Be DoneIan Rowe, interviewed by Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, at the Diversity Of Thought In K-12 Education Conference2022-12-1049 min
Academy of Ideas#EducationForum: Teaching white privilege: making schools less racist or more divided?Recording of the Academy of Ideas Education Forum discussion on Monday 29 November 2021.
INTRODUCTION
How should we view the teaching of ‘white privilege’? Is it a helpful tool in combating racial inequality or a divisive idea that sows mistrust?
The concept originated in American academia in the 1980s, but entered British schools last year in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests following the death of George Floyd.
White privilege asserts that white people are automatically advantaged by their skin colour, because they do not have to endure lives beset by racialised syst...2021-12-021h 46
Academy of IdeasTeaching white privilege: making schools less racist or more divided?Recording of the Academy of Ideas Education Forum discussion on Monday 29 November 2021.
INTRODUCTION
How should we view the teaching of ‘white privilege’? Is it a helpful tool in combating racial inequality or a divisive idea that sows mistrust?
The concept originated in American academia in the 1980s, but entered British schools last year in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests following the death of George Floyd.
White privilege asserts that white people are automatically advantaged by their skin colour, because they do not have to endure lives beset by racialised systemic discrimination. The fact that black people are more...2021-12-021h 46
Ideas MatterIdeas Matter: Historical racism and the new language of racialisationSecond podcast in our series on Race and Racism, the theme of BoI charity’s event The Academy, held online in late 2020.
In this episode, we feature the lecture ‘Historical racism and the new language of racialisation’.
At a time when questions related to race have very much come to the forefront of political discussion, this talk examines what the new antiracism stands for - and argues that it represents a break from the anti-racism of the recent past, and that the time has come to instead adopt a universalist, humanist perspective.
Lecturer: Dr Alka...2021-01-2224 minAcademy of Ideas#EducationForum: After toppling statues, is it time to rewrite the curriculum?EDUCATION FORUM: Should we welcome the de-colonisation of the curriculum as a way of correcting white Anglocentric bias and institutional racism? Or, however well-intentioned, will it encourage tokenistic box-ticking lessons? Might more diversity in the curriculum allow our BAME students to better see their identities affirmed or is this superficial gesture politics? The answers to these questions may depend on how we see schools. Are they microcosms of society and community, where diversity and identity are explicitly celebrated? Or are knowledge transfer and the curriculum a specific domain which should be immune from the external preoccupations of the world...2020-08-041h 49
Academy of IdeasAfter toppling statues, is it time to rewrite the curriculum?Should we welcome the de-colonisation of the curriculum as a way of correcting white Anglocentric bias and institutional racism? Or, however well-intentioned, will it encourage tokenistic box-ticking lessons? Might more diversity in the curriculum allow our BAME students to better see their identities affirmed or is this superficial gesture politics? The answers to these questions may depend on how we see schools. Are they microcosms of society and community, where diversity and identity are explicitly celebrated? Or are knowledge transfer and the curriculum a specific domain which should be immune from the external preoccupations of the world of politics and...2020-07-131h 49
Debated PodcastBrexit and education w/ Alka Sehgal CuthbertIn this episode, we are joined by Brexit Party MEP candidate and educational researcher Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, where we discuss the upcoming European elections, Brexit and education policy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-05-2134 min