ARTWORK: Emily O’Neill
A Message to Conservative Students By Julian Brazier I attended an all-boys private school, so one can imagine the modest level of diversity I grew up with. We were all male, we were mostly Christian, we came from middle and upper class families and most of us were white. As with many other young men who graduated from that school, the lack of diversity shaped my view of the world and ultimately of myself. I became quite conservative in my views; I valued the status-quo, rejected the idea of privilege on the basis of identity whether it be through gender, sexuality or race and I prized personal responsibility and hard work to succeed in life no matter the adversity. You might be reading this finding it rather self-indulgent but hear me out, I have a point to make.
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