What does βsuperficially blackβ mean @RupaHuq ?If Kwasi Kwateng doesnβt sound black how should he sound? Does he have to fit your version of how he should talk, look & think to count as black? @RupaHuq must explain how her comments are not anything other than overt racism.
— Shaun Bailey (@ShaunBaileyUK) September 27, 2022
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https://old.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/xpjjqi/rupa_huq_suspended_as_labour_mp_after_kwarteng/
I guess the problem here is disentangling race from privilege.
Kwarteng is a prototypical Tory cabinet member (Eton / Cambridge / City job / etc) except for the colour of his skin.
I only wish I could be treated with such kid gloves if I were ever to make horrendously racist remarks on a public broadcast.
I do get where she's coming from though. Kwasi Kwarteng is from a BAME background and yet his political belief is "f*** the poor"?? Being black and Tory is like being a policeman who sells guns.
Your comment implies that you think BAME people must be poor, by definition, and if they aren't then they don't actually "qualify" for their ethnicity.
WAKE UP! You're all being gaslamped into thinking rich tossers have the general population's best interests at heart WHEN THEY DON'T. Seeking to discredit labour based on something like this is the biased press keeping the tories in power and distracting you all from that grilled squirrel you'll be eating for Christmas dinner this year.
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