Britain's the best place to be Black, says Kemi Badenoch. But ask yourself is it as good as being white? Nels Abbey
9 months in The guardian
This is a nation blessed, yes, but on race the Tory isn’t telling it like it is. She’s saying what potential supporters want to hearIn the age of Brexit, the cost of living crisis, high inflation, high interest rates, high taxation, low growth, climate crisis and serious international turmoil, the business secretary might make headlines talking about business and economics. But then Kemi Badenoch is not in the running to improve Britain, she is in the running to lead the Conservative party. She is here to do well: and if you want to do well in certain echelons of British life, there are 14 words that govern your every utterance: “No Black person ever went broke telling white people what they want to hear.”With that in mind, this is Kemi: “I tell my children this is the best country in the world to be Black – because it’s a country that sees people, not labels.” Back of the net. She continued: “It wasn’t a tough decision for us to reject the divisive agenda of critical race theory. We believe, as Martin Luther King once said, people should be judged by the content of their character, not the colour of their skin.”Nels Abbey is a writer, broadcaster and former banker, and the author of Think Like A White Man. His new book, The Hip-Hop MBA: Lessons in Cut-Throat Capitalism From The Moguls of Rap, is out in 2024Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
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