I remember when the British Conservative Party was predominantly White and unwelcoming to minorities. Now, with Rishi Sunak as the first Asian Prime Minister, the party’s leadership battle features two women from minorities: Suella Braverman and Kemi Badenoch. However, both have turned their backs on their ethnic groups, adopting far-right positions even more extreme than the Reform Party. This is deeply ironic, considering they are both products of immigrant backgrounds.

Suella Braverman’s overtures to Nigel Farage and the racist Reform Party reveal her as a complete sellout. Her ambition to merge with Reform shows her disregard for the very communities she should be representing. Kemi Badenoch, on the other hand, remains silent on racism in the UK, seemingly believing her alignment with right-wing ideologies and marriage to a White man makes her more palatable as the next Tory leader. Both women have stated there is no racism in the UK, a stance that mocks the lived experiences of countless people of color in the country​ (Left Foot Forward)​​ (New Statesman)​.

Their public positions against immigration and denial of systemic racism exacerbate the challenges faced by minorities, making it harder for people of color to live peacefully in the UK. The fact that these politicians from immigrant backgrounds are pushing such harmful narratives is a betrayal of their cultures and communities​ (POLITICO)​​ (Yahoo)​.

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