It is ironic that Diane Abbott finds herself twice censured on the topic of racism. However, her situation involves more than just the “clumsy” letter to the Observer in 2023 and the radio interview last week referred to by Jason Okundaye (The Diane Abbott row shows how impoverished Britain’s conversations about race have become, 18 July).
Blackness may make some of us more easily visible to those with racist attitudes than some other racialised groups, but Abbott should have recognised that her attempt to explain this on Radio 4 was doomed by her declaration that she had no regrets about the earlier incident.
