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Michael Bankole, Lecturer in Politics, Royal Holloway University of London

I research race in politics – Kemi Badenoch’s views on inequality should worry Black Britons

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Kemi Badenoch has become the first Black leader of a UK-wide political party. But her ascent is unlikely to translate into meaningful gains for Black Britons.

Badenoch’s record suggests she is uninterested in tackling the systemic barriers that hold back so many Black people in Britain. Instead, she actively champions the very structures that maintain racial inequality in the name of Britain’s supposed meritocracy.

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