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Ancient and modern

Rome, racism and Sadiq Khan

12 May 2016

1:00 PM

12 May 2016

1:00 PM

‘Racism’ refers to the belief in racially determined inferiority, most often recognised in body-type, about which, by definition, nothing can be done. It is hard therefore to see why accusing London mayor Sadiq Khan of sharing platforms with terrorists was ‘racist’. It was simply a comment on the company he kept.

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