For those of you unfamiliar with her, please remember the name Amy Gallagher. She may well prove to be one of the biggest political stories in Britain, this year and beyond. Gallagher is a nurse and psychotherapist, who two years ago found herself facing the full might of NHS woke ideology.
While taking a course in forensic psychology at the Tavistock and Portman Trust, Gallagher was accused of holding ‘racist’ and ‘prejudiced views,’ merely for challenging the dogmatic assertions that ‘All white people are racist’ and that ‘Christianity is responsible for racism in Europe.’
In short, Gallagher was forced to endure Critical Race Theory via the backdoor (precisely what that has to do with a degree in forensic psychology is unclear). During a lecture in 2020 entitled “Whiteness: a problem of our time,” Gallagher was subjected to a relentless stream of anti-white propaganda, insisting that white people were automatically guilty of ‘white fragility’ and ‘white privilege,’ and that this was something that they needed either to confront within their own hearts or stand self-condemned.
Despite the university setting, it became increasingly clear that there was no room for debate, no need for a counter-narrative. Gallagher was told that the ideal of treating people on the basis of their character, rather than the colour of their skin, was an “outdated” notion which “could not be tolerated.”
Gallagher admits she considered quitting the £20,000 course there and then, and it is clear that the Tavistock and Portman Trust did everything they could to encourage her to do so. While raising concerns, Gallagher was told that, “given her opinions, the course might not be right for her.” When she continued to speak out, she was accused of being ‘vexatious,’ that the way she disagreed was ‘too forceful,’ and that she was responsible for creating a ‘traumatising environment’ for other students.
When it became evident that Gallagher would not be pushed out so easily, the trust stepped up its game and reported her to the Nursing and Midwifery Council, claiming that she had “inflicted race-based harm” and therefore could not work with “diverse populations”—an extraordinary step, calling upon the last resort of cancel culture by threatening her livelihood directly. Fortunately, in a rare moment of sanity, the caricature of Gallagher was not something her employers recognised, so they concluded there was no case to answer.
The NHS treatment of Gallagher highlights the astonishing level of mental gymnastics ordinary people are required to undergo in order to negotiate woke principles as they spread voraciously throughout the workplace. For instance, when Gallagher pointed out that the statement ‘All white people are instinctively racist’ is neither psychotherapy nor evidence-based, she was lectured by the course head: “The Tavistock is an anti-racist organisation.” In other words, if you fail to acknowledge that all white people are racist, that is incontrovertible proof of your insufficient commitment to ‘anti-racism,’ which itself can only be evidence of racism.
This kind of inversion tactic is typical of such unfounded pseudoscience—a large portion of which appears to have been cut and pasted from Robin DiAngelo’s rulebook, White Fragility. If you object to other cultures, you’re racist; if you embrace other cultures, you’re also racist. If you see colour, you’re racist; if you fail to see colour, you’re also racist. ‘Not being racist’ is not enough to prove your lack of racism—you must be ‘anti-racist,’ which is obviously a poor euphemism for ‘anti-white.’
The level of courage which Gallagher has shown up to this point is commendable, particularly when one considers she has been fighting single-handedly, as none of her colleagues even questioned the course content. Not only that, but the accusation of racism is just about the worst thing that can be said about one’s character in our time—more than enough to hound others to suicide. Gallagher freely admits to having questioned herself continuously, to feeling stressed and anxious, and to believing at times that she was “going mad.”
And yet, instead of falling apart, Gallagher has hit back in the only way she could: by suing the Tavistock and Portman Trust for racial and religious discrimination. This is likely to be a landmark case in the UK, particularly since Gallagher believes it to be the first test of woke ideology in UK courts.
The costs are understandably going to be considerable, and while naturally the woke war chest is likely to be limitless (especially at the taxpayer funded NHS), on a nurse’s salary Gallagher has no choice but to crowdfund her defence. Even though the odds may be almost insurmountable, it is essential that Gallagher wins this case. She is not only fighting for freedom of expression, but freedom of thought—something which Tavistock does not believe is required. This is a fight she undertakes on all our behalf, because this could so easily be any one of us, although the number of us who would have had the courage to stand up and be counted, as Gallagher has, would surely have been smaller.
Amy Gallagher: One Woman’s Fightback Against NHS Wokery
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For those of you unfamiliar with her, please remember the name Amy Gallagher. She may well prove to be one of the biggest political stories in Britain, this year and beyond. Gallagher is a nurse and psychotherapist, who two years ago found herself facing the full might of NHS woke ideology.
While taking a course in forensic psychology at the Tavistock and Portman Trust, Gallagher was accused of holding ‘racist’ and ‘prejudiced views,’ merely for challenging the dogmatic assertions that ‘All white people are racist’ and that ‘Christianity is responsible for racism in Europe.’
In short, Gallagher was forced to endure Critical Race Theory via the backdoor (precisely what that has to do with a degree in forensic psychology is unclear). During a lecture in 2020 entitled “Whiteness: a problem of our time,” Gallagher was subjected to a relentless stream of anti-white propaganda, insisting that white people were automatically guilty of ‘white fragility’ and ‘white privilege,’ and that this was something that they needed either to confront within their own hearts or stand self-condemned.
Despite the university setting, it became increasingly clear that there was no room for debate, no need for a counter-narrative. Gallagher was told that the ideal of treating people on the basis of their character, rather than the colour of their skin, was an “outdated” notion which “could not be tolerated.”
Gallagher admits she considered quitting the £20,000 course there and then, and it is clear that the Tavistock and Portman Trust did everything they could to encourage her to do so. While raising concerns, Gallagher was told that, “given her opinions, the course might not be right for her.” When she continued to speak out, she was accused of being ‘vexatious,’ that the way she disagreed was ‘too forceful,’ and that she was responsible for creating a ‘traumatising environment’ for other students.
When it became evident that Gallagher would not be pushed out so easily, the trust stepped up its game and reported her to the Nursing and Midwifery Council, claiming that she had “inflicted race-based harm” and therefore could not work with “diverse populations”—an extraordinary step, calling upon the last resort of cancel culture by threatening her livelihood directly. Fortunately, in a rare moment of sanity, the caricature of Gallagher was not something her employers recognised, so they concluded there was no case to answer.
The NHS treatment of Gallagher highlights the astonishing level of mental gymnastics ordinary people are required to undergo in order to negotiate woke principles as they spread voraciously throughout the workplace. For instance, when Gallagher pointed out that the statement ‘All white people are instinctively racist’ is neither psychotherapy nor evidence-based, she was lectured by the course head: “The Tavistock is an anti-racist organisation.” In other words, if you fail to acknowledge that all white people are racist, that is incontrovertible proof of your insufficient commitment to ‘anti-racism,’ which itself can only be evidence of racism.
This kind of inversion tactic is typical of such unfounded pseudoscience—a large portion of which appears to have been cut and pasted from Robin DiAngelo’s rulebook, White Fragility. If you object to other cultures, you’re racist; if you embrace other cultures, you’re also racist. If you see colour, you’re racist; if you fail to see colour, you’re also racist. ‘Not being racist’ is not enough to prove your lack of racism—you must be ‘anti-racist,’ which is obviously a poor euphemism for ‘anti-white.’
The level of courage which Gallagher has shown up to this point is commendable, particularly when one considers she has been fighting single-handedly, as none of her colleagues even questioned the course content. Not only that, but the accusation of racism is just about the worst thing that can be said about one’s character in our time—more than enough to hound others to suicide. Gallagher freely admits to having questioned herself continuously, to feeling stressed and anxious, and to believing at times that she was “going mad.”
And yet, instead of falling apart, Gallagher has hit back in the only way she could: by suing the Tavistock and Portman Trust for racial and religious discrimination. This is likely to be a landmark case in the UK, particularly since Gallagher believes it to be the first test of woke ideology in UK courts.
The costs are understandably going to be considerable, and while naturally the woke war chest is likely to be limitless (especially at the taxpayer funded NHS), on a nurse’s salary Gallagher has no choice but to crowdfund her defence. Even though the odds may be almost insurmountable, it is essential that Gallagher wins this case. She is not only fighting for freedom of expression, but freedom of thought—something which Tavistock does not believe is required. This is a fight she undertakes on all our behalf, because this could so easily be any one of us, although the number of us who would have had the courage to stand up and be counted, as Gallagher has, would surely have been smaller.
To support Amy Gallagher’s lawsuit, you can make a donation here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/standuptowoke.
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