Too many controversial topics are avoided in today’s ‘safe’ culture. These contemporary controversy panel discussions don’t avoid difficult questions, but rather try to interrogate them. Has multiculturalism really failed or become the new normal? Is not discriminating a failure to judge, an indifference to the relative values of customs and cultures? Or a welcome challenge to a stifling monoculture? Is the Middle East becoming more democratic or less? Do we care enough? Do we care enough about our own, our sick, our elderly? Are we doing enough to combat racism or is it dead and buried? Are we robust enough to allow people to say the unspeakable or scared of shadows?
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