Black British men in Politics

ColiBreh1 said:
Dem U.S. congressman for my district (TX-32) Colin Allred

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I think we may be in the same district lol
 
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.
 
Soulthinker said:
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.
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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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Rollx007 said:
Oh yeah, I've seen a rare few US politicians with white wives;

Daniel Cameron, Attorney General of Kentucky, married to Makenze Evans

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Jerome Adams, US Surgeon General with wife Lacey Adams and children

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ColiBreh1 said:
I used to think that, but it looks like that has changed.









Other examples:

Dem U.S. congressman for my district (TX-32) Colin Allred

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GOP U.S. Congressman for FL-19 Byron Donalds

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GOP 2018 & 2020 nominee for Michigan U.S. Senate John James

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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

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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.
 
Rollx007 said:
James Cleverly has the best chance out of all of them, with the largest support and current recognition from his Party.
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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.
 
Soulthinker said:
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.
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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
 
Rollx007 said:
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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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.
 
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