Diversity in publishing is under attack. I hear the sound of knuckles dragging | Hanif Kureishi
Culture won’t be diluted by promoting minority writers. Its privileged ‘defenders’ are just trying to silence other voices
The furore over Penguin’s wise and brave decision to “reflect the diversity of British society” in its publishing and hiring output seems to have awoken the usual knuckle-dragging, semi-blind suspects with their endlessly repeated terrors and fears. They appear to believe that what is called “diversity” or “positive action” will lead to a dilution of their culture. Their stupidity and the sound of their pathetic whining would be funny if it weren’t so tragic for Britain. You might even want to call it a form of self-loathing; it is certainly unpatriotic and lacking in generosity.
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