Is the visible presence of British Asians a smokescreen for policies that ultimately hurt British minorities?
“Having Mirza lead the inquiry is not only disingenuous and pretentious; it also sends a very clear message that this government simply does not care and will not care about issues impacting racialised communities,” Dr Fatima Rajina, an academic who specializes on the British Bangladeshi Muslim community, toldAs No.
When pushed further, Hancock stressed that it was more important to have “diversity of thought”. But for those minorities who hold important positions in government, does diversity of skin correspond with diversity of thought? There are many examples that illustrate to how this voguish ‘browning’ of Conservative orthodoxy is being marketed – and what it accomplishes politically., the Southampton-born Sunak recalled an amusing exchange when he was first on the campaign trail in his consistency of Richmond in Yorkshire, when he was referred to as a more “tanned William Hague”.
The London-born daughter of Indian parents from Uganda, Sunak’s colleague Priti Patel is the face of the government’s “law and order” agenda,Speaking triumphantly at the 2019 Conservative Party Conference, Patel claimed that she wanted the “brightest and best” to come to the UK and advocated for a government-controlled“Because, let me tell you something,” she added with a smirk, “this daughter of immigrants needs no lectures from the North London metropolitan liberal elite.
So on one hand you have Javid touted as a successful Conservative Muslim man in a party that in the same breath has consistently been charged with harboring and defendingDr Rajina criticises the elevation of these diverse faces, and how they can ultimately make it harder to fight structural violence against BAME people.
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