So, many white Britishers don’t want an Asian to be their prime minister. Reports from the UK suggest Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid are being trolled by all shades of political opinion, right and left.
That’s understandable. In 2004 many of us didn’t want a European to be our prime minister, and we would’ve difficulty accepting a non-Hindu. That’s why we should be the last ones to be outraged by racial resistance to the candidature of Rishi Sunak et al. for British prime ministership.
As Arthur C Clarke wrote more than 50 years ago, humans remain tribal in their politics
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