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Russell T Davies of The Doctor Who Revival: Anti-Racist? Or Highly Racist?

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Russell T Davies strikes a pose. Of course, in modern Britain everybody should be equal and we all should strive for togetherness. But he regards himself as Welsh first and foremost and has an agenda. Russell T Davies is very much a modern TV writer. He writes Coronation Street style dialogue ( Queer As Folk ) and uses other people's creations ( Doctor Who ). We don't find him very original at all. But Russell believes in a world without barriers of race, gender, etc. He believes in a wonderful present and future. Or does he? Actually, we believe Russell to have severe racist leanings and the guy seems rather typical of a branch of the 'Woke' movement that is actually loaded with bigotry and spite. But only against accepted groups. Every era has its accepted recipients of bigotry, and for a very long time the English and England have been accepted targets. Russell used his early Doctor Who revival stories, for instance, to fire potshots at the English on several occas...