Family Matters
n 1932 Aldous Huxley published his fifth novel, Brave New World, in which he describes a World State where the ultimate aim is stability and happiness. To achieve this end the population is bred and conditioned into five main castes – Alpha to Epsilon – dependent upon the level of intelligence and strength required for the labour they will perform. They are bred for a purpose and controlled with a happiness inducing drug called ‘soma’…
The Problem of White Privilege
White Privilege’ is a concept developed by campaigners against racial inequality to explain the on-going and persistent disparity in income and wealth between the black and white ethnic groups within the western world. It postulates that there are certain unearned, undeserved and unfair advantages granted to white people, because of the colour of their skin, that makes them likely to be more economically successful in their lives…
Trying to bring sense, perspective and understanding into the cascading events of the world as social and political tides push and pull us ever further from our mooring.