Campus wokery as academic rigour

Every day in the media, commentators are ranting about how decolonising and diversifying efforts around curricula in universities are somehow watering down the quality of degrees.

I like to think of myself as a straight-talking pragmatist. Diversity is good, yes, but I roll my eyes at representation for the sake of representation. And as a student, I was a huge fan of thinkers and writers like Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer. So I often approach representation within current political and cultural systems with cynicism – deeming it largely empty anyway.