Show Notes
"Never when I became a teacher did I think we'd have police outside our gates protecting our young people."
October Wright is Deputy Head of King David High School, Liverpool's only Jewish secondary. Dr Dominique Walker chairs the Anthony Walker Foundation, set up after her brother Anthony was murdered in a racist attack in 2005. Both join host Dylan Evans and council leader Cllr Liam Robinson in the Cunard Building for the most serious conversation this show has had yet.
On the table: what separates free speech from organised intimidation, why hate crime goes unreported and what would fix that, how social media rewards the worst of us, and the question everyone dodges. Every council says it's anti-racist, so what should a resident actually be able to see change in twelve months?
Also in this episode: your questions put to the Leader with no script, on Speke traffic, city boundaries, and out-of-town private hire drivers, plus what's on across Liverpool in September and October.
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