Labour suspend Diane Abbott Veteran MP has whip removed after 'unreserved apology' for letter to the Observer which argued that anti-racism is not the same as 'prejudice' experienced by white minorities
Her Observer letter Irish, Jewish and Traveller people “undoubtedly experience prejudice”, but added: “It is true that many types of white people with points of difference, such as redheads, can experience this prejudice. But they are not all their lives subject to racism.”
However, her comments were condemned across the spectrum with many criticising her for not acknowledging the horrors experienced by Jewish people in the Holocaust.that it was possible to speak from lived experience about anti-Black racism, and talk about the differences in the dynamics of racism suffered by Black and white people, without having to list atrocities suffered by white groups to reassure them they were not being minimised.
Margaret Hodge, who is also Jewish and is retiring as a Labour MP at the next election, commented: “Diane Abbott’s letter was deeply offensive and deeply depressing. Keir Starmer’s response is right. No excuses. No delays. The comments will be investigated and she has been immediately suspended.”
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