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Badenoch condemns London plague study after MP calls it ‘woke archaeology’

Equalities minister has written to Museum of London over a study that examined plague victims’ ethnicities

A new front has emerged in the culture war as Kemi Badenoch, the equalities minister, condemned an academic study an MP described as “woke archaeology” that examined whether ethnicity was a risk factor with medieval plague.

Badenoch said the research into 14th-century London risked damaging trust in modern health services and that she had written to the Museum of London, where the lead author of the study in question works.

Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Equalities minister has written to Museum of London over a study that examined plague victims’ ethnicitiesA new front has emerged in the culture war as Kemi Badenoch, the equalities minister, condemned an academic study an MP described as “woke archaeology” that examined whether ethnicity was a risk factor with medieval plague.Badenoch said the research into 14th-century London risked damaging trust in modern health services and that she had written to the Museum of London, where the lead author of the study in question works. Continue reading…