What Kind of World Am I Leaving For My Children?

With the number of hate crimes, including offences motivated by race and religion, recorded by the police in England and Wales rising for the first time in three years, Nikesh Shukla reflects on the conversations we all need to be having around racism and the rise of the far-right

The thought keeps me up at night. How do I prepare my children for this world? How can I be honest with them about the way things are? And how do I keep them limitless in considering the way things could be?

On a recent walk through the woods, as we enjoyed the crunch of leaves under our boots, I asked my eldest child what she would change about the country if she found herself as its leader tomorrow.

She declared that the first thing she would do is make all cars electric. Before she could get stuck into the detail of that, she carried on listing her big ideas: stopping arms sales to Israel; pulling down all the flags; making everyone sign a kindness charter so we can be nicer to each other.