Black British men in Politics

Discussion in 'The International Perspective' started by Rollx007, Jan 12, 2021.

  1. qaz1

    qaz1 Well-Known Member

    I think we may be in the same district lol
     
  2. Rollx007

    Rollx007 Well-Known Member

  3. Soulthinker

    Soulthinker Well-Known Member

  4. Soulthinker

    Soulthinker Well-Known Member

    I read in Wikipedia on the first Black MPs and was amazed that from the 1830s to the 1890s there were 3. It took the 1970s for the Black MPs returned. A 80 year gap! In the US it's 1901 to 1929.
     
  5. Rollx007

    Rollx007 Well-Known Member

    The thing about that 80 year gap is that in the UK ...its not a big deal, the 3 that existed in the 1800s were orchestrated anomalies for the British empire. While the new era encompassed a generation that grew up with migrant parents from the commonwealth.
    The racial representation is just not the same as in America where everything is racial in politics.

    Edit: Furthermore in the UK, you represent your constituents and not racial causes,there's no significant "black vote" in the UK, we only make up 3% of the country, then you'll account for those eligible to vote and realise it's not profound enough for a voting block.
     
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  6. Rollx007

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  7. Rollx007

    Rollx007 Well-Known Member

    Tory MP James Cleverly and Susannah Cleverly (IG)

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    Close friends with Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

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  8. Rollx007

    Rollx007 Well-Known Member

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  9. Rollx007

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  10. ColiBreh1

    ColiBreh1 Well-Known Member

    Update:

    1. John James is the newly-elected 2022 GOP Congressman of MI-10 after losing the Michigan U.S. Senate races in 2018 & 2020.


    2. We can add another to this list of black male American politicians in IRRs: Newly-elected 2022 TX-38 GOP congressman Wesley Hunt

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    Wesley Hunt previously ran for congress in 2020 but lost a very close race to the Dem in the general election. I didn't previously post about him in this thread because I didn't know he was in a IR. During redistricting in 2021, the GOP-controlled Texas legislature carved out a GOP-friendly TX-38 congressional district for Hunt to run in. So he was expected to win when he re-ran for congress in 2022.
     
  11. Soulthinker

    Soulthinker Well-Known Member

    Since that post a Asian is now PM. Still uphill for a homeboy in the UK. I read there were two Black MPs in the 19th Century and took more than 100 years for the next Black MP.
     
  12. Rollx007

    Rollx007 Well-Known Member

    But back then, it was unusual to have 2 black MPs when the black population was barely 0.1% and didn't increase until the 1950s
     
  13. Soulthinker

    Soulthinker Well-Known Member

    Everything is racial in the US in the form of Black representation is because of the chatal slavery that continued after the War of lndependence and the Civil War. The struggle continues because some states are trying to repress the Black vote.
     
  14. bilbo

    bilbo Active Member

    A lot of these brothers on both sides of the pond are right-wing - it'd be good to see more representation from the left.
     
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  15. Soulthinker

    Soulthinker Well-Known Member

    There are more left wing brothers in US Congress and a few in the US Senate.
     

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