Nimco Ali on race and politics

Nimco Ali, who is a British woman of Somali origins best known for campaigning against the barbaric practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has written a powerful article in the London standard called

"It makes me livid that the Labour party assumes black people must support it."

I have met people on both sides of the political divide who make lazy assumptions about race and politics. Three of the most widespread (all of which are wrong) are that

 * anyone whose skin isn't white must be left-wing
 * racism is only found on one side of the political spectrum
 * anyone of asian origin must be a Muslim

Humans are so much more complicated than we too often realise

Nimco Ali's piece can be read here.

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