Braverman once claimed that asylum seekers crossing the Channel have values 'at odds with the UK' and have 'heightened levels of criminality'.
‘You couldn’t really have a white Home Secretary saying the sort of things that Suella is saying and getting away with it that easily, I don’t think.’
Just pretend for a second if a white Home Secretary made comments like this – it’s not hard to imagine that they would be roundly condemned and accused of racism.This is why I argued that this Tory Government is very strategic in who they place in these positions to do their dirty work on very sensitive issues like immigration.
My message, however, is clear – you will never silence me – you need to educate yourself and you need to take Black people’s input on racism seriously.Toddler mauled by 'XL bully dog' outside Hilton hotel in London To me, the evidence of institutional racism in this country is as clear as day, yet the Government seems determined to deny its existence.
This is a man who criticised – and boycotted – the England football team for taking the knee, an act explicitly about taking a stand against racism.I try to call out racism when I see it, and that is why I suffered this awful backlash However, no one should use the privilege of a high profile position in the media to deny the facts about racism.
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