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Kemi Badenoch has spoken openly about the racism she has endured as the first black woman to lead the Conservative Party, admitting she has been surprised by the scale of the abuse.

The Tory leader told the Sunday Times she had not expected the level of hostility since her election, despite previously insisting that Britain was “the best place in the world to be black.”

She said: “There’s a certain cadre of people who clearly can’t cope with the fact that I won this and I’m doing it. The level of personal attacks from anonymous people, it’s hysterical. Not even just from MPs. I actually don’t think it’s that many MPs. I think it’s two to three people out of 120. That’s nothing. But online as well. People used to talk about Trump derangement syndrome. I think there’s a Kemi derangement syndrome: ‘How could she possibly have done this?’.”

She added that on social media, “there’s a lot of ethno-nationalism creeping up, lots of stuff about my race and my ethnicity and the tropes around, ‘well, she couldn’t possibly have done this all by herself’.”

Badenoch, who was born in Wimbledon but grew up in Nigeria before moving back to the UK aged 16, rarely speaks at length about her race or heritage.

She has previously said she no longer feels Nigerian and has frequently criticised anti-racism campaigners and critical race theory.

She told the Sunday Times: “I always try to think of every possible explanation before I go to race and racism. I think that is a healthy way to run a society. I remember when I stood up a few years ago and said Britain is not a racist country – ethnic minorities do very well here, it is white working-class boys who are actually struggling on a lot of metrics, and I got pilloried for that.

“My view is that there are people out there who will say whatever it is, they will throw whatever kind of mud at you and they will hope that it sticks.”

Badenoch now faces a defining period as party leader, preparing for her first conference speech while countering speculation of a challenge from her shadow justice secretary, Robert Jenrick, with the Conservatives polling at just 17%.

On reports Jenrick could soon replace her, she replied: “I think it’s wishful thinking. There will always be people who are sore losers, our candidate didn’t win, and so on, and sour grapes … When I hear those things, I can tell those people are not focused on the country at all. Many of those people having those conversations think this is a game. But the lives of people in this country aren’t a game.”

SolaOmoniyi:
Conservative leader decries wave of racist abuse following historic election victory

Kemi Badenoch, the first Black woman to lead the Conservative Party, has spoken candidly about the racism and hostility she has faced since her election, admitting she was unprepared for the intensity of the attacks.

Speaking to journalists, Badenoch revealed that although she had long described Britain as “the best place in the world to be Black,” the reaction to her leadership has exposed an undercurrent of abuse directed at her race and ethnicity.

“There’s a certain cadre of people who clearly can’t cope with the fact that I won this and I’m doing it,” she said. “The level of personal attacks from

SolaOmoniyi:
Conservative leader decries wave of racist abuse following historic election victory

Kemi Badenoch, the first Black woman to lead the Conservative Party, has spoken candidly about the racism and hostility she has faced since her election, admitting she was unprepared for the intensity of the attacks.

Speaking to journalists, Badenoch revealed that although she had long described Britain as “the best place in the world to be Black,” the reaction to her leadership has exposed an undercurrent of abuse directed at her race and ethnicity.

“There’s a certain cadre of people who clearly can’t cope with the fact that I won this and I’m doing it,” she said. “The level of personal attacks from Read more...
https://dailyobserver.ng/im-under-attack-over-my-race-and-ethnicity-uk-conservative-leader-kemi-badenoch-cries-out/

SmartPolician:
This is something we don't even allow among ourselves here in Nigeria and I know for certain that Asians will never allow. Asian are as wicked as blacks.

jogojogo:
Kemi Badluck you never see anything
I wish you more attacks and rejections.
You wey decide to make things difficult for us here by proposing very callous anti immigrants policies that has caused pains to thousands of immigrants in the UK.
Please take it that you are under attack from me too.
I will continue to vote against your party till they dump you

kettykin:
That woman doesn’t even realize how lucky she is. If she had attempted in Lagos what she tried in the UK, she would have ignited a ferocious tribal war andfirestorm. In the rest of the South-West and across most parts of Nigeria,except perhaps Abuja,her name wouldn’t have even made it onto the ballot

SmartPolician:
Honestly, I must give some credit to the west (white people) for making blacks their citizens and allowing them hold key government position.

This is something we don't even allow among ourselves here in Nigeria and I know for certain that Asians will never allow. Asian are as wicked as blacks.

SmartPolician:
Honestly, I must give some credit to the west (white people) for making blacks their citizens and allowing them hold key government position.

This is something we don't even allow among ourselves here in Nigeria and I know for certain that Asians will never allow. Asian are as wicked as blacks.

SmartPolician:
Honestly, I must give some credit to the west (white people) for making blacks their citizens and allowing them hold key government position.

This is something we don't even allow among ourselves here in Nigeria and I know for certain that Asians will never allow. Asian are as wicked as blacks.

chrisxxx:
Is Kemi not white and a European? The last time I checked she was a European.

RISQUE:
Why bringing this "white" lady's news here? I don't have any business with her, she's "white" British and has nothing to do with we Nigerians.

SmartPolician:
Honestly, I must give some credit to the west (white people) for making blacks their citizens and allowing them hold key government position.

This is something we don't even allow among ourselves here in Nigeria and I know for certain that Asians will never allow. Asian are as wicked as blacks.

Topman7:
See this one.

Britain came here and slaughtered your ancestors, seized and looted your land for a century, to the tune of $50 TRILLION according to AI ChatGPT.

And in your head they are angels while your own people are demons.

The British did a proper job on your head.