Kemi Badenoch

And then all of that is thrown away for this identikit, sort of Islamic identity of you are pro-Palestine, you are anti-Israel, you will only eat halal, this is how you dress, and you don't like the way Western people behave. We must stop putting people in these boxes. Critical race theory is an enabler of putting people into boxes.

We did so much to get rid of stereotypes, and now the stereotypes are coming back, except now they're coming back as a norm to be enforced rather than something to be laughed at. And it matters because if you are a black child in a school and people tell you that this is how to be black, you know, why are you wearing glasses? You're being a SWAT. You're being a nerd.

We did so much to get rid of stereotypes, and now the stereotypes are coming back, except now they're coming back as a norm to be enforced rather than something to be laughed at. And it matters because if you are a black child in a school and people tell you that this is how to be black, you know, why are you wearing glasses? You're being a SWAT. You're being a nerd.

We did so much to get rid of stereotypes, and now the stereotypes are coming back, except now they're coming back as a norm to be enforced rather than something to be laughed at. And it matters because if you are a black child in a school and people tell you that this is how to be black, you know, why are you wearing glasses? You're being a SWAT. You're being a nerd.

That's not what you should be doing. We start taking away opportunity and options away from young people. They feel that they have to conform. and not conform to a high standard, which is how things used to be, but conforming to a low standard. This is life destroying. So I hate critical race theory.

That's not what you should be doing. We start taking away opportunity and options away from young people. They feel that they have to conform. and not conform to a high standard, which is how things used to be, but conforming to a low standard. This is life destroying. So I hate critical race theory.

That's not what you should be doing. We start taking away opportunity and options away from young people. They feel that they have to conform. and not conform to a high standard, which is how things used to be, but conforming to a low standard. This is life destroying. So I hate critical race theory.

And I remember I had a very interesting experience with this woman called Kimberly Crenshaw, who apparently is the queen of this stuff. I had no idea who she was. It was 2018.

And I remember I had a very interesting experience with this woman called Kimberly Crenshaw, who apparently is the queen of this stuff. I had no idea who she was. It was 2018.

And I remember I had a very interesting experience with this woman called Kimberly Crenshaw, who apparently is the queen of this stuff. I had no idea who she was. It was 2018.

I had no idea. I was speaking at a festival in 2018. And I just talked about me. And I could tell she'd never met anyone like me before.

I had no idea. I was speaking at a festival in 2018. And I just talked about me. And I could tell she'd never met anyone like me before.

I had no idea. I was speaking at a festival in 2018. And I just talked about me. And I could tell she'd never met anyone like me before.

Yeah, we were on the panel and she couldn't out black me. I was like, look, I come from like the place where all the black people come from. This is not what we're like. People have different political views. They have different identities. And she was trying to squeeze people into this sort of minority identity. And I kept challenging her. And at the end of it,

Yeah, we were on the panel and she couldn't out black me. I was like, look, I come from like the place where all the black people come from. This is not what we're like. People have different political views. They have different identities. And she was trying to squeeze people into this sort of minority identity. And I kept challenging her. And at the end of it,

Yeah, we were on the panel and she couldn't out black me. I was like, look, I come from like the place where all the black people come from. This is not what we're like. People have different political views. They have different identities. And she was trying to squeeze people into this sort of minority identity. And I kept challenging her. And at the end of it,

At the end of the panel, she came over to me and told me that I was disrespectful. And I said, why am I disrespectful? She said, you haven't you haven't read my books and you shouldn't talk about these things until you've read my books. What a load of nonsense. You know, you can write a book about astrology. Doesn't mean the horoscopes are real.

At the end of the panel, she came over to me and told me that I was disrespectful. And I said, why am I disrespectful? She said, you haven't you haven't read my books and you shouldn't talk about these things until you've read my books. What a load of nonsense. You know, you can write a book about astrology. Doesn't mean the horoscopes are real.

At the end of the panel, she came over to me and told me that I was disrespectful. And I said, why am I disrespectful? She said, you haven't you haven't read my books and you shouldn't talk about these things until you've read my books. What a load of nonsense. You know, you can write a book about astrology. Doesn't mean the horoscopes are real.

Like just this writing rubbish and thinking that because you've written a book, it's it's fine. And I was very pleased that I took such a hard line. at the time, because I think maybe if I'd known who she was, I might have been in a different mindset and thought, oh, well, you know, let me give her some space. But I didn't. And I was just very honest. And she got a lot of facts wrong as well.