The Sacred | Inaya Folarin Iman on Race, Immigrant Conservatism, and the Importance of Free Speech @thesacredpodcast | Uploaded June 2023 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
Inaya Folarin Iman is a political commentator and former GB News presenter. Her written work has appeared in the The Telegraph, Politics Home, UnHerd, Spiked and The Daily Mail. She is also the director and founder of the Equiano Project, which is as "a debate, discussion and ideas forum" that "focuses on race, culture and politics".
Inaya spoke about her childhood which involved moving many times, growing up with a single mother, the ingrained conservatism that many immigrants have and why free speech is vital to a flourishing society.
Check out more from The Equiano Project here: theequianoproject.com
Read the full transcript here: theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2023/06/21/inaya-folarin-iman-on-race-immigrant-conservatism-and-the-importance-of-free-speech
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
01:55 What is sacred to you? Inaya Folarin Iman’s answer
08:14 Nigerian heritage: resilience, cultural identity, atheism and a conservatist philosophy
17:48 Passion and curiosity: embracing debate as a means to negotiate differences
22:48 Experiences of prejudice and the complex notion of childhood racism
26:08 Challenging dominant narratives: navigating free speech and censorship at university
34:50 Recognising progress, challenging structural racism, and distinguishing the UK from the US
41:30 On cultivating a hyper-sensitive Black identity and racial equality in Britain
47:45 Personal responsibility, existentialism, and feeling the pull of Postliberalism
56:57 Reflection and outro
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Inaya Folarin Iman is a political commentator and former GB News presenter. Her written work has appeared in the The Telegraph, Politics Home, UnHerd, Spiked and The Daily Mail. She is also the director and founder of the Equiano Project, which is as "a debate, discussion and ideas forum" that "focuses on race, culture and politics".
Inaya spoke about her childhood which involved moving many times, growing up with a single mother, the ingrained conservatism that many immigrants have and why free speech is vital to a flourishing society.
Check out more from The Equiano Project here: theequianoproject.com
Read the full transcript here: theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2023/06/21/inaya-folarin-iman-on-race-immigrant-conservatism-and-the-importance-of-free-speech
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
01:55 What is sacred to you? Inaya Folarin Iman’s answer
08:14 Nigerian heritage: resilience, cultural identity, atheism and a conservatist philosophy
17:48 Passion and curiosity: embracing debate as a means to negotiate differences
22:48 Experiences of prejudice and the complex notion of childhood racism
26:08 Challenging dominant narratives: navigating free speech and censorship at university
34:50 Recognising progress, challenging structural racism, and distinguishing the UK from the US
41:30 On cultivating a hyper-sensitive Black identity and racial equality in Britain
47:45 Personal responsibility, existentialism, and feeling the pull of Postliberalism
56:57 Reflection and outro
*****
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