Rishi

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It’s exciting

I think it's a good thing that we have a more diverse government. Whether or not Rishi is any good on a personal level we will have to wait and see. My fingers are crossed.

Still a Tory though isn't he 😢

I'm afraid this is my feeling too.

Two feelings:
I'm pleased to have an Asian PM.
But not that it's him.

Is it? Why?

Such a c**t.

He will do nothing for diversity. Nothing. Like Pate he uses his proximity to whiteness to alienate his people. The most dangerous of rhetoric. Awful

*like Patel

If people don't like his personality or politics and don't trust him, how is his ethnicity at all relevant?

It's ridiculous to be pleased to have a Prime Minister with a particular skin colour!

His ethnicity shows if you have enough money to send your child to the right schools, they are intelligent and they work twice as hard they may get where they want to in Britain.

He's a pillock.
His skin colour is irrelevant.

Isn't this a bit racist? 😂

He's still a prick regardless.

It's definitely racist.

People would be up in arms if the opposite were stated e.g. 'I'm really pleased it's a white person!' without judgement of character or political worth.

He's not representative of most people, let alone British Asians, although he might just have brought in the most socialist policies the government have made in years.

Oh here come a load of posters who don't realise they are on Black Mumsnet 🙄

We realise and it's still racist to prefer a particular skin colour without merit.

Black mumsnet or not, it's still racist. 🤷🏻‍♀️

ODFODS

If someone comes from the belief that others who belong to other races (different from themselves) are not as good/intelligent/moral/worthy of being listened to as people who belong to their own race, they can be described as racist.

If a person is prejudiced, discriminatory or antagonistic towards others of a race different from their own, they can be accurately escribed as racist.

There is an implication of perceived superiority in online anonymous posts by those who think others don't know which forum they're posting on and shouldn't have a say on the British Prime Minister based on their skin colour!

Regardless of our/your ethnicity it is exciting because it is another barrier broken. Being a PM is no longer the sole domain of white people. Progress people! (We hope).

@Meowsaidthecat stop trolling Black Mumsnet

Agreed. People keep saying Whittome would be better but despite being a Labour MP, she’s still a private school, RG educated MP.