they're, it seems, on the whole much keener to choose the second world war or even henry viii and the to be forced down kids�* throats is one question. well, the thing is, during my lifetime, there have been two massive racist scandals, the stephen lawrence murder and windrush. both inquiries said the solution to racism was to teach the history of empire. and i believe that. i think empire is the biggest thing this country ever did. it explains why we are multicultural, explains our particular brand of racism in this country. and i think until we teach it, we're going to keep on having these kind of circular scandals about racism. i've just come back from the united states, where i interviewed a really interesting activist on the right of politics in the us called ryan girdusky. now, he's founded a political movement which is dedicated to stopping what he calls "critical race theory" being taught in american public schools. he says all it does... and it's contentious, even the notion that it's being taught, because some argue it's an academic theory that doesn't get to schools. but in