https://www.kemibadenoch.org.uk/news/kemi-badenoch-mp-why-are-they-not-kneeling-now-poor-henry-nowak
'I remember watching Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner take the knee in what is now my office and asking myself: 'What on earth are you doing? Kneeling for an incident that occurred in another country about which you know little?'
Why are they not kneeling now for Henry Nowak?
Starmer and Rayner were not the only ones. The BLM movement exploited the naivety of many foolish politicians, businesses and public institutions who rushed to claim that racism in this country was comparable to what was happening in America.
I showed them the evidence that the police are not – certainly not any more – 'institutionally racist' in Britain. As a junior minister in 2021, I published a government report that proved exactly that. In response, I was called all sorts of names.
One Labour MP shared a post calling me 'white supremacy in blackface'. I didn't care, because I know that once you start giving allowances to ethnic minorities on the basis of 'anti-racism', there will be a backlash that will only fracture the country further.
Notions of 'white privilege' and forcing 'decolonisation' narratives down the throats of children is not how we build a cohesive society.
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We also need to stop the idea that racism is something that happens only to ethnic minorities, perpetrated by white people. This seems to have been the belief of officers in the terrible case of Henry Nowak.
Public bodies must understand that anyone can be a victim of racism.
They should also acknowledge that an accusation of 'racism' alone is not evidence and certainly isn't a bigger crime than violence or murder.
These are the principles that the Conservative Party believes in: universalism, equality under the law, not treating people differently based on skin colour, and making sure that we always build faith and trust in our institutions – rather than trying to destroy them.'