A grammar school that has previously been criticised for inviting the right-wing controversialist Milo Yiannopoulos to speak has announced plans to create an “unsafe space” incorporating texts including Mein Kampf. The school’s headteacher, Matthew Baxter, said that the forum would not involve the study of Mein Kampf but simply incorporate it in “wider debate”. But the optional classes for 17- and 18-year-old pupils were criticised by some students, who were told about the plans on Monday. The school has also scheduled lectures on the subjects “Women versus feminism” and “not all cultures are created equal”. Soderholm told the Guardian: “The Unsafe Space is a much-needed forum for debate about a host of issues seen from both sides of the ideological spectrum.

Source: The Guardian November 20, 2017 21:22 UTC