Kenan Malik

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Kenan Malik

Few people want to live in an echo chamber. Many have no problem being friends with those who vote differently to the way they do. And many would probably agree with John Stuart Mill that “he who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that” – that to truly know one’s own argument, one must also know the arguments of those who disagree.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Kenan Malik

A poll suggests that most British Muslims identify more with their faith than with their nation. The head of the Saudi-backed Muslim World League counsels British Muslims to talk less about Gaza and more about domestic issues. Labour MP Tahir Ali is criticised for campaigning for a new airport in Mirpur in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir; he claims the criticisms have led to “Islamophobic” attacks.

1 month ago | pescanik.net | Kenan Malik

„Zlato, gospodine, vredi toliko zbog ljudskog rada koji je potreban da se ono pronađe i iskopa“. To je rečenica koju izgovara Volter Hjuston u filmu Blago Sijera Madre iz 1948. godine, priči o pohlepi i moralnoj korupciji koju je režirao njegov sin, Džon Hjuston. Trebalo je da se ta rečenica pojavi na ekranu na početku filma. Međutim, nije – po naređenju studija Vorner Bros. „To je bilo zbog reči ‘rad’“, kasnije je objasnio Džon Hjuston.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Kenan Malik

‘Many of those who act as the champions of the white person against immigrants,” Labour MP David Winnick told the House of Commons in 1968, “have not in the past gone out of their way to defend the interests of the white working class.”It was the first time anyone had referred to the “white working class” in parliament to describe a segment of the British population. Half a century on, that segment has become the focus of one of the most contentious and polarising of debates.

1 month ago | tacno.net | Kenan Malik

Foto: Neda Radulović-ViswanathaMalo ko bi se danas nasmejao na Meningove gegove, niti bi ozbiljno shvatao tvrdnju da samo belci mogu biti Englezi. Britanija se transformisala u poslednjih pola veka i većina Engleza sada prihvata Ijana Rajta i Idrisa Elbu kao Engleze, koliko i Dejvida Bekama ili Džoanu Lamli. Zbog toga bi danas argument ponovo oživljen u diskusijama o engleskom identitetu mogao da zvuči čudno.