Showing posts with label leadership. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leadership. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 September 2021

How Dare You Have Your Own Opinions!

And how dare you be right!

Kemi Badenoch was at the centre of a colonialism row today after WhatsApp messages in which she said she didn't 'care' about its impact on Africa were leaked.
The Equalities Minister said that those who lost out most when European states controlled Africa were 'old elites' rather than the regular people, in messages handed to Vice News.
She added that the Europeans who went in 'just made a different bunch of winners and losers', adding 'there was never any concept of ''rights'''.
Imagine a white Tory minister saying that? In fact, the usual suspects can, which is why they are making so much of this...
Ms Badenoch's messages were handed to Vice by Funmi Adebayo,a former associate of the minister.
She said she acted after Ms Badenoch was promoted in last week's reshuffle to a role involving the Foreign Office.

Ah, that famed unity of outlook of the 'black community', eh? What upsets the usual suspects so much about Ms Badenoch? 

Ms Badenoch has previously been vocal in her concerns about the the 'woke-ification' of British education.
Born in London to Nigerian parents, she has two degrees and worked in McDonald's to support herself through her studies.
She used a Commons speech to highlight the duty of schools to avoid political partisanship. She does not want white children being taught about 'white privilege and their inherited racial guilt'.
'Any school which teaches these elements of political race theory as fact, or which promotes partisan political views — such as defunding the police — without offering a balanced treatment of opposing views, is breaking the law,' she said, adding that schools should not openly support 'the anti-capitalist Black Lives Matter group'.

Yup, that'll do it! 

Friday, 30 July 2021

Self Censorship Isn't Leadership...

Christian Horner has been accused of giving ‘racists an excuse to let fly their vitriol and evil’ at Lewis Hamilton following his criticism of the Mercedes driver after Sunday’s British Grand Prix.

We can't criticise someone now if they have a touch too much melanin? No matter what they do? 

Lord Hain, vice-chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Formula One, believes Horner will ‘regret’ the remarks he made in the wake of Hamilton’s 180mph collision with Max Verstappen on the opening lap of the Silverstone race.

So did he say something racist? 

‘I am not suggesting that Christian was implying anything racist in what he said. He was talking in pure racing terms and not racist terms and that is obvious.

If it's 'obvious', why are you complaining? 

‘I hope it was something said in the heat of the moment when Christian was feeling aggrieved. But these are moments when leadership is required and not intemperate outbursts.’

Like the sort of leadership you're showing, in demanding that if the person you feel requires criticism is black, you shouldn't criticise them?