When my husband and I travel through certain towns in Northwest AR, one of us takes our matching wedding rings off, and we’re brothers, in case the car breaks down - you want to plan your story ahead.
MP Diane Abbott has said it “is obvious this Labour leadership wants me out” after the party suspended her for a second time over comments she made about racism.
Labour has launched an investigation into Abbott’s defence of a 2023 letter to a newspaper in which she said people of colour experienced racism “all their lives”, which was different from the “prejudice” experienced by Jewish people, Irish people and Travellers.
She apologised for those remarks at the time following criticism from Jewish and Traveller groups and was readmitted to the party after a lengthy suspension.
Asked by the BBC’s James Naughtie if she looked back on the whole incident with regret, she said: “No, not at all.”
In a brief statement issued to BBC Newsnight, Abbott said: “My comments in the interview with James Naughtie were factually correct, as any fair-minded person would accept.”
I’m both sad that you have to think that way, but also impressed by the clever thinking; just a ring off and a quick line, and suddenly you are completely different entities in the minds of some other party. Kinda makes ya think how much we construct of someone’s identity off of so little information.
When my husband and I travel through certain towns in Northwest AR, one of us takes our matching wedding rings off, and we’re brothers, in case the car breaks down - you want to plan your story ahead.
That is sad that you have to do that to feel safe.
Imagine Traveling While Black™, and wondering if it’s safe to even stop for food or gas in whatever tiny little area you’re in.
It’s a lot harder to take off skin than it is a ring.
Now imagine you’re the first ever black female MP in the UK, who points out just what you’ve stated, and you get kicked out of your party for it.
Oh, wait, silly me, you don’t have to imagine. That happened.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g8v33g1dgo
I am Trans I am well aware of the struggles.
This reminds me - repulsively - of what Blacks went through in the mid-20th century. I’m sorry for you.
(And as an aside, “Lovecraft Country” by Matt Ruff is a fantastic supernatural horror set during Jim Crow laws.)
I’m both sad that you have to think that way, but also impressed by the clever thinking; just a ring off and a quick line, and suddenly you are completely different entities in the minds of some other party. Kinda makes ya think how much we construct of someone’s identity off of so little information.