We make no progress on racism or anything else by trawling through Azeem Rafiq’s past
There is something toxic about our attitude of one-strike-and-you’re-out, creating a culture that is determined to categorise everyone into villain or victim.
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Rachel Cunliffe
Rachel Cunliffe is deputy online editor of the New Statesman.
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