E117 Gavan Titley: Is Free Speech Racist?

Gavan joined us to discuss some of the themes from his latest book - Is Free Speech racist? Discount code: POL20 is valid until 31/03/2021 via https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509536153 Useful links: (1) The most recent 'free speech crisis', an analysis from myself and Privyamvada Gopal: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/18/free-speech-row-cambridge-restrict-expression-minorities-freedom-thought (2) Freedom of speech 'crises' as exercises in public-making and boundary struggle (open access book) Boundary Struggles: Contestations of Free Speech in the Norwegian Public Sphere https://press.nordicopenaccess.no/index.php/noasp/catalog/book/16 (3) Very insightful discussion of problems with how free speech is generally conceptualised: Anshuman A. Mondal (2018) The shape of free speech: rethinking liberal free speech theory https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10304312.2018.1480463 (4) Further analysis of how digital media is shifting the nature of public debate, and the impact on racist politics, and anti-racism: Racism and Media, Gavan Titley, https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/racism-and-media/book243579#reviews