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Jonathan Kay: Adventures among the anti-racists

One of the nice things about writing an op-ed column for this newspaper is that you get invited to speak on a lot of "media panels" at academic conferences. I flatter myself to think people are genuinely interested in what I have to say. But I suspect the main reason I get invited is that I provide "balance": Even when a confab is wall-to-wall campus lefties and CBC types, the words National Post on my podium placard signal there's at least one right-wing maniac in the house.

Which is to say, I'm used to being the odd man out. But I've never felt quite so odd as I did last week at Combating Hatred, a day-long biennial anti-racism conference hosted by the University of Toronto for the benefit of the city’s lawyers, judges, police officers, educators and government workers.

My panel (“The Media: Part of the problem or part of the solution”) didn’t start till the late morning. But I showed up a few hours early to enjoy the free breakfast and listen to the keynote speaker, a native activist and lawyer named Donald Worme.

And I'm glad I did, because a large part of Worme's speech was dedicated to the delightful theme Why Jonathan Kay Is a Racist.

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