Matthew Parris Matthew Parris

Peru’s Indians are repressed with more efficiency than blacks ever were in South Africa

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issue 04 April 2015

In The Spectator of 21 March a column by Toby Young caught my eye. Discussing the pros and cons of selective schools, Toby found it hard to reach an emphatic conclusion; and for what it’s worth I find it hard too — but, then again, what do I know? It was his international comparisons that engaged me.

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