u/Diligent_Type2891

Whatever your opinion of the former  Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Cambridge is, this post isn't about him really. But I think he is a perfect example of the what my Dad used to lecture me about as a youth.

My dad was pretty strict, we weren't allowed to hang out on the streets and he had high ambitions for a man who had a manual labour job and a few O levels. He wanted all his kids to go to Uni, get top jobs, etc, etc. Every day, he used to drill to me, make sure you are the best and can back that up, because the racist mob will try their damn hardest to tear you down, and hold you to a higher level of scrutiny.

So when I did my degree, I made sure I got a first, my Masters I had to get a distinction, I had to win the most prestigious PhD funding with the most prestigious Professor as my supervisor, I had to be the best of the best.

The toll of that was a childhood and early adulthood of all work, no real friends, huge amounts of stress, but now a few years in employment I do understand what my dad was trying to say.

If you are black in this country, and you want any position of power, they will try and bring you down.

The Telegraph Podcast guest : Professor Kehinde Andrew sums it up, that Arday false claims are almost of no relevance , the anti Black mob were gunning for him. The first article on plagarism came from a white suprmacist who thinks ANY black academic in UK universities don't deserve to be there.

The whole debate has become about woke, positive discrimination gone mad, which contradicts what Arday did, present a fantastical version of himself ( If black academics are getting a free pass, why did he have to lie about all his achievments?)

Its worth listening to : Professor Kehinde Andrew, especially what he says about the scrutiny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ5s63WaqJY