Protesting Against Israel ‘An Attempt to Wash Away White Privilege’: Sociologist

Protesting against Israel is one way for students indoctrinated with identity politics to wash away their perceived “white privilege,” according to Frank Furedi, executive director of the MCC Brussels think tank. Appearing on NTD’s “British Thought Leaders” programme, the sociologist and author said young people in the West have been made “weak and disempowered” and “educated to hate their own society quite systematically.” Mr. Furedi said as the victim narrative evolved during over past decades, being “oppressed” or “victimised” has become “an integral feature of contemporary identity politics,” and being a victim gives people “a certain kind of moral authority, which others don’t have.”...