Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown is a journalist, columnist, broadcaster and author. Her most recent book is Exotic England, on how the East has enticed Englanders. She has appeared on Question Time, Newsnight, BBC News, and has been described by the Telegraph as one of the most powerful Asians in the UK.

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Too many white Britons now feel entitled to be racist

The millions of Brits who are expansive, fair and internationalist will be by us through this dark patch.

Nov 16, 2016

President Trump? George Orwell could not have imagined this dystopia engulfing Earth

Why did so many women, black evangelicals, Hispanics and gays become Trump groupies?

Nov 09, 2016

Why are only white people mourned on Remembrance Day?

Our whitewashed history ignores the heroic role of people of colour in the war.

Nov 03, 2016

Britain's hard-hearted response to Calais kids is destroying the values that make our country great

Gary Lineker and Lily Allen have been shockingly abused for speaking up for the displaced.

Oct 26, 2016

Corbyn's critics want a new Guy Fawkes to burn - they're using anti-Semitism to do it

It is a myth that criticism of Israel amounts to a hatred of Jews.

Oct 19, 2016

I just returned from America – Trump's campaign has marked the end of optimism

Gone is that 'have-a-nice-day' chirpiness; shame and fear for the country's future remains.

Oct 13, 2016

I never thought I'd say this - but I miss David Cameron and his liberal instincts

It's as if suddenly we live in a one-party state where dissent is scorned - which allows racism to steadily grow.

Oct 04, 2016

Baby boomers and Generation X need to stop bullying millennials - look at what they've achieved

It's embarrassing to witness my contemporaries turning bitter. Have they forgotten their own social rebellions?

Sep 28, 2016

The Great British lie: We promised to help refugees - then we turned our backs

At least Trump doesn't try to come across as principled. If Mrs Thatcher was the Iron Lady, Mrs May is steel.

Sep 20, 2016

Faith schools produce narrow-minded children – why does the state fund them?

Only four countries allow schools to reject pupils on religious grounds; Estonia, Israel, Ireland, and the UK.

Sep 14, 2016

Keith Vaz's sexual torment is a tragedy not a farce

Though more Asian men and women have come out in recent years, most do not. The cost is too high.

Sep 05, 2016

Since the EU referendum, Remainers have been bullied by Brexiters

The vote was not the end of the story. Europhiles are branded undemocratic, anti-working class and unpatriotic.

Sep 01, 2016

I am a Muslim - but I will not go to Mecca and support a despotic Saudi state

Saudi Arabia is ruled by a cruel, corrupt, tyrannical, filthy-rich and ungodly clan.

Aug 24, 2016

There's a new sex war happening - men are punishing women for feminism

While we fight for female rights, we must attend to the wounds and rage of the losers.

Aug 15, 2016

Jeremy Corbyn has a messiah complex and Labour has become a cult

If this carries on, the confident and better organised Tories will rule over us for decades.

Aug 10, 2016

London riots 5 years on: If we don't listen to the deprived, our streets will erupt again

Brexit debates revealed the same schisms and disenchantment as in 2011.

Aug 04, 2016

Western holidaymakers must accept that no place on Earth is now totally safe from terrorism

We are staying put in the UK for the first time ever because anything more adventurous seems foolhardy.

Jul 27, 2016

Many Muslims commit crimes - not all of them are terrorists

This is a volatile and testing century - there's no time for exaggerated claims.

Jul 20, 2016

David Cameron should have stayed - Theresa May isn't up to the job

She is the nastiest of anti-migrant Tories - I fear we will see an even tougher May now.

Jul 13, 2016

Chilcot report: Iraqi lives still don't matter – this report is all about us

Iraqis continue to be murdered and oppressed. Westerners are indifferent or inured.

Jul 05, 2016

Britain's middle class is educated, tolerant and decent – everything most Brexiters are not

I will not join self-flagellators or indulge those who blame high achievers for the state we are in.

Jun 29, 2016

Today my friend was beaten up and told to 'get back on the boat'. Is this what we've become?

Though I am used to getting vicious missives, they have got markedly nastier recently.

Jun 22, 2016

Hillary Clinton has made history - but she'll have no choice but to let us down

Incumbents who broke through barriers soon learn that established systems hold out against fundamental reform.

Jun 09, 2016

The Prevent terrorism strategy is dangerously counterproductive for British Muslims

The aim is to stop the bad guys, but it's wrecking fragile bonds and could lead to more violence.

Jun 02, 2016

Middle-class feminists smash glass ceilings - then leave sisters languishing behind

Influential feminism can become a closed shop and self-reverential, ignoring class divide.

May 23, 2016

EU referendum: Priti Patel typifies immigrants who become Little Englanders as they prosper

As immigration rules get more draconian, settlers become resentful and see EU migrants as the enemy within.

May 11, 2016

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