Home Secretary Priti Patel has hit back after becoming involved in a row over her response to the BlackLivesMatter protests
I brought my then-12-year-old cousin with me that day because I wanted him to see what I did.
At the rally, I made an off-hand comment about the hate I had been getting on Twitter for supporting the Conservative Party and I said one of the things I had been called.The smile on her face disappeared for a moment and I could see she was hurt I had to face that.She told my little cousin that Westminster was waiting for young men like him and he is always welcome to reach out to her for advice on school.
So rather than spending their time attacking and harassing a BAME woman doing her job to keep us all safe, some people on the left should be apologising and standing with her to bring the social unrest to an end. Because I will never experience the full extent of the adversity racism can cause, if I were to ever claim that the government or policies I support are the right thing for racial equality - purely because I have experienced some racism in my life - you should take that with a pinch of salt.She implies that her own experience of discrimination would prevent her from discriminating against those who, like her, have foreign ethnic backgrounds.
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