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kenanmalik.bsky.social
Writer & Observer columnist. Latest book: Not So Black and White (Hurst). “Unsettles the pieties of contemporary race-talk” - Paul Gilroy. “A work of immense scholarship” – Jon Bloomfield. Website: https://kenanmalik.com/
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Since I wasn’t on here for the anniversary of Nina Simone’s birth (on Friday), a little something to celebrate it now. Here’s her version of Dylan’s I Shall be Released: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV8K...

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“Racialised ideas of belonging and identity have become accepted even by many of those formally opposed to racism.” My @observeruk.bsky.social column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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“We should no more support secular versions of blasphemy laws than the old religious variety.” My @observeruk.bsky.social column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Congratulations to @sonia-sodha.bsky.social. Really pleased to be part of such a shortlist – and to have two nominations from @observeruk.bsky.social (not to mention two Maliks too with @nesrinemalik.bsky.social :-))

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Having been unable to give public talks for almost a year, looking forward (nervously) to my first one back: the Harrell-Bond Lecture at Oxford @refugeestudies.bsky.social‬

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“Sovereignty matters. Except when it doesn’t. And it doesn’t when another people’s sovereignty gets in the way of your nation’s needs.” My Observer column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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EP Thompson was born on this day in 1924. My essay on the significance of his work, marking the centenary of his birth last year: kenanmalik.com/2024/02/07/w...

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An album I’ve listened to seemingly all my life www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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From @bcmerchant.bsky.social, a short history of OpenAI and “how ‘AGI’ operates in a material context… as a driver of continued investment… a marketing and recruitment tool, and a framework for bolstering the company’s influence and cultural footprint”: ainowinstitute.org/wp-content/u...

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“And here lies perhaps the biggest impact of DeepSeek. It has ripped off the veil of mystique that previously surrounded AI.” My Observer column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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“The end-point of which is the depraved, low-tech murderous assault in which violence is not so much a means as an end in itself… and in which the border between the “political” and the “mentally disturbed” becomes almost impossible to discern.” My Observer column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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“They want to be committed to equality while also… not challenging the material bases of their success… So, all aspirations for equality are projected to the symbolic level.” @mattpolprof.bsky.social on @musaalgharbi.bsky.social’s *We Have Never Been Woke*: www.theunpopulist.net/p/we-could-u...

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“Challenging Trump does not require us to romanticise what went before, or to eulogise a liberal international order that never was. We need rather to rethink what we mean by internationalism in this age of assertive nationalism.” My Observer column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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“This is a story deeply imbricated with misogyny and class prejudice – and not just for men of Pakistani heritage.” My Observer column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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“If they truly wanted to champion working-class interests, they would call for the expansion of union rights, proper socialised healthcare, a progressive taxation system... Few on either side of the Trumpsphere split are willing to do so.” My Observer column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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