University of London Politics Professor Eric Kaufmann says left-wing media has exacerbated the threat of racism amongst African-Americans - claiming from around 2015 an "explosion" of critical race theory terms has been used in their publications.
"It has created, socially constructed this phantom in a way - that's not to say there's no racism - but they've vastly expanded the scale and increased threat perceptions amongst African-Americans," he told Sky News host Rita Panahi "For example, starting in about 2015 you can see in the New York Times, in the Washington Post, and in other progressive American legacy media - an explosion in the use of the term racist, white privilege, white supremacy, and other...